State v. Payne

289 N.W.2d 173 (1980)

205 Neb. 522

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee,

v.

Ronald G. PAYNE, Appellant.

No. 42691.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 12, 1980.

William G. Line of Kerrigan, Line, Martin & Hanson, Fremont, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and G. Roderic Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, WHITE, and HASTINGS, JJ.

BRODKEY, Justice.

Ronald G. Payne appeals to this court from his conviction by the jury of first degree murder of Franklin L. Bowersox, Jr., and from his sentence to life imprisonment following…