State v. Norfolk

Robert C. Norfolk appeals his conviction for first degree murder after a bench trial in the district court for Douglas County. We affirm.

In May 1984 Norfolk rented a room in the residence of his aunt, Della Jones. On the morning of May 12, after a night of drinking, Norfolk returned to his room, obtained a butcher knife from the kitchen, cut the telephone lines in the house, stabbed Jones, and strangled her to death.

Later on May 12, Jones’ niece, Barbara, became concerned about Jones’ well-being when Jones neither answered her telephone nor responded to knocks on the front door of her house.…