State v. Newman

This is a proceeding under what is generally referred to as the Post Conviction Act. James K. Newman was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Subsequent to his conviction, he filed a motion to vacate and set aside such conviction in the district court for Holt County. He criticizes the instructions given at his trial; alleges error in that the court failed to give certain instructions and in the rejection of certain testimony; but appears to rely in this proceeding primarily on an allegation that the county attorney, having originally investigated the case and…