Legal Opinion
State v. Rust
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 1986No. 85-377PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant-appellant, John Edward Rust, was adjudged guilty of, among other crimes, felony murder and sentenced to death. On direct appeal this court affirmed that judgment and sentence. State v. Rust, 197 Neb. 528, 250 N.W.2d 867 (1977), cert. denied 434 U.S. 912, 98 S. Ct. 313, 54 L. Ed. 2d 198, reh’g denied 434 U.S. 988, 98 S. Ct. 622, 54 L. Ed. 2d 485 (Rust I). Rust thereafter moved for relief under the provisions of the Postconviction Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-3001 through 29-3004 (Reissue 1985). That motion was denied in State v. Rust, 208 Neb. 320, 303 N.W.2d 490 (1981), cert. denied…
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