Legal Opinion

Simants v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1979No. 42206Published

1Opinion of the Court

277 N.W.2d 217 (1979)

202 Neb. 828

Erwin Charles SIMANTS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee.

No. 42206.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 3, 1979.

Keith N. Bystrom, Scott P. Helvie, North Platte, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Paul W. Snyder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

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

McCOWN, Justice.

Erwin Charles Simants filed a petition bearing the caption, "Writ of Error Coram Nobis," in which he sought to set aside his conviction and sentence on each of six counts of murder in the first…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. State v. SimantsNebraska Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Sunderland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927

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