State v. John

The defendant was charged with the crime of criminal conspiracy as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-202 (Reissue 1979), found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to a term of 1 to 5 years’ imprisonment. On appeal to this court he assigns and argues the following errors, which allegedly occurred during the course of the trial, and that these mandate either a dismissal of the charges or a reversal and new trial: (1) The evidence was, as a matter of law, insufficient to establish the crime charged, hence the defendant’s various motions for a directed verdict of acquittal should have been granted. (2)…