Legal Opinion
State v. Victor
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 1993No. S-91-933PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
The defendant, Clarence Victor, appeals a decision of the district court for Douglas County to deny his pro se request for postconviction relief under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3001 et seq. (Reissue 1989 & Cum. Supp. 1992).
Victor was convicted of first degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony in the 1987 death of 82-year-old Alice Singleton. Victor was sentenced to death for the murder offense and given a consecutive sentence of 20 years for the felony weapon offense. The convictions were upheld on direct appeal. State v. Victor, 235 Neb. 770, 457 N.W.2d 431 (1990) (Victor I). The U.S.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Cage v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Murray v. GiarratanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Victor v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Clarence Victor v. Frank X. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- State v. StewartNebraska Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. BowenNebraska Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. BoppreNebraska Supreme Court · 1997
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