State v. Keithley

Gary A. Keithley was convicted in 1986 of second degree murder in the 1959 stabbing death of William Weiner. Keithley was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. We affirmed the judgment in State v. Keithley, 227 Neb. 402, 418 N.W.2d 212 (1988). In 1990, we affirmed the district court’s denial of Keithley’s motion for postconviction relief. State v. Keithley, 236 Neb. 631, 463 N.W.2d 329 (1990). Keithley filed a second motion for postconviction relief in December 1993, which was summarily dismissed by the district court.

In his second motion for postconviction relief, Keithley alleges he was…