State v. Sumstine

A jury in the district court for Lancaster County convicted Cheryl Sumstine of first degree arson, a violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-502(1) (Reissue 1989), which is a Class II felony. Sumstine was sentenced to imprisonment.

In her two assignments of error, Sumstine contends, first, that her right to a speedy trial, required by Nebraska’s speedy trial act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-1207 et seq. (Reissue 1989), was violated and, second, that the evidence is insufficient to sustain her conviction.

BACKGROUND

Filed on June 26, 1989, an information charged Sumstine with second degree arson, a Class III…