State v. McCracken

I. INTRODUCTION

On July 1, 1993, then 13-year-old Darren McCracken went into the bedroom of his mother, Vicky Bray; retrieved a handgun that was kept in that room; loaded the gun; and fired two shots at Bray, who was sleeping on a sofa in the downstairs family room. Later that same day, a petition was filed in the county court for Gosper County, sitting as a juvenile court, alleging that McCracken had committed acts bringing him within Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-247(2) (Reissue 1993). On July 15, Bray died as a result of the gunshot wounds inflicted by McCracken on July 1. On November 3, the…