State v. Archbold

This is an appeal from a conviction by a jury on an information charging Douglas Day Archbold, hereinafter referred to as defendant, with manslaughter. Defendant, after the overruling of his motion for a new trial, was sentenced to imprisonment in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex for a period of 5 years.

Defendant, with a friend John Allen, hereinafter referred to as Allen, spent about 2 hours the afternoon of January 4, 1964, target shooting with a .22 automatic pistol owned by defendant. They then spent the early evening visiting some Omaha taverns, and about 10 p.m. left one with…