State v. Beard

Pursuant to the jury’s verdict, defendant, Lawrence E. Beard, was adjudged guilty of murder in the second degree and of using “firearms,” specifically a knife, to commit a felony. He was thereupon sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 20 years for the murder and to imprisonment for a consecutive term of 5 years for use of the knife. He assigns as error the trial court’s (1) failure to suppress the statements he made to Officer James Wilson of the Omaha Police Department, (2) overruling of his objection to the reasonable doubt instruction, and (3) overruling of his objection to the intent…