State v. Welch

747 N.W.2d 613 (2008)

275 Neb. 517

STATE of Nebraska, appellee,

v.

Denise R. WELCH, appellant.

No. S-07-289.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 18, 2008.

Robert B. Creager, of Anderson, Creager & Wittstruck, P.C., Lincoln, for appellant.

Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and Erin E. Leuenberger, Lincoln, for appellee.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

MILLER-LERMAN, J.

NATURE OF CASE

As a result of charges stemming from a motor vehicle-pedestrian accident, Denise R. Welch was convicted of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide by a jury at a trial conducted in…