State v. Sheets

618 N.W.2d 117 (2000)

260 Neb. 325

STATE of Nebraska, appellee,

v.

Jeremy C. SHEETS, appellant.

No. S-97-1069.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

September 15, 2000.

J. William Gallup, of Gallup & Schaefer, Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and J. Kirk Brown, Lincoln, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

CONNOLLY, J.

The appellant, Jeremy C. Sheets, was convicted on one count of murder in the first degree and one count of using a knife to commit a felony, and was sentenced to death on the murder charge. The crucial portion of the…