State v. El-Tabech

The appellant, Mohamed El-Tabech, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-303(1) (Reissue 1985), and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1205(1) (Reissue 1985). He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the first degree murder conviction and 20 years’ imprisonment for the use of a deadly weapon conviction, the sentence on the second conviction to run consecutively to the first conviction. He has now appealed to this court, specifically assigning as error the following:

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Whether a defendant is entitled to…