State v. Warren

This is an appeal from the district court for Douglas County, where Willis L. Warren was convicted in a jury trial of burglary and sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment. At issue is the testimony of the arresting officer regarding incriminating statements made to him by the defendant. Defendant assigns as error that the district court allowed the arresting officer to testify concerning defendant’s statement made to him following defendant’s arrest. We hold that defendant’s statement was admissible, and affirm.

The record shows that Rev. Roy McLemore, who lived in a duplex in Omaha, Nebraska, was…