State v. Patterson

Following a hearing, the district court overruled defendant-appellant Lee W. Patterson’s motion for postconviction relief from the adjudication pursuant to a jury’s verdict that he conspired to commit murder. Patterson’s six assignments of error present but a single issue, Did the district court err in finding that he was not denied effective assistance of counsel at trial? We affirm.

Patterson was charged with first degree murder, a violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-303(1) (Reissue 1985), for killing Brian Crittenden on February 1, 1980. Attorneys engaged in the private practice of law in the…