State v. Manchester

The defendant, Grant Manchester, appeals from the order of the district court for Douglas County, Nebraska, denying his motion for post conviction relief.

In 1983 the defendant was convicted of attempted first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for 16 to 30 years. The conviction was affirmed in State v. Manchester, 213 Neb. 670, 331 N.W.2d 776 (1983).

The defendant makes three principal contentions: (1) That the district court erred in failing to find that Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-201 (Reissue 1979) was unconstitutional; (2) That the district court erred in failing to find that Neb. Rev.…