Legal Opinion
State v. Harms
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 2002No. S-00-1157PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHendry, C.J.
I. INTRODUCTION
Russell W. Harms was convicted of first degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in connection with the December 10, 1999, death of Tennyson Kelsay. Harms was sentenced to life in prison on the murder charge and not less than nor more than 20 years’ imprisonment for use of a weapon. Harms appeals.
II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on December 10, 1999, Harms shot 84-year-old Kelsay 15 times with a .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle in the parking lot of a shopping center in Auburn, Nebraska. Harms was alone in his white pickup truck when he saw…
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