Legal Opinion
State v. Coffman
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 1983No. 82-142PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaforale, J.
Defendant-appellant, Larry S. Coffman, appeals from a conviction on the charge of escape. We affirm.
On April 2, 1981, the defendant was assigned on work release to the Omaha Post Care Center while a prisoner at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. On April 26, 1981, he failed to return to the Omaha Post Care Center. He was later arrested and charged with escape under the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-912 (Reissue 1979). That statute in pertinent part provides: “(1) A person commits escape if he unlawfully removes himself from official detention or fails to return to official…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mogis v. Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Follmer v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1913
- Hill v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. FarrNebraska Supreme Court · 1981
- Mogis v. Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Stenberg v. CarhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- State v. VoslerNebraska Supreme Court · 1984
- Wiseman v. KellerNebraska Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. HeathmanNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- State ex rel. Peterson v. ShivelyNebraska Supreme Court · 2021
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