State v. Caples

The defendant, Frederick A. Capíes, appeals his conviction, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1206 (Reissue 1989), of felon in possession of a firearm.

At about 2 a.m. on March 7, 1989, two uniformed officers from the Omaha Police Division responded to a radio dispatch that shots were fired in the area of 29th Street and Patrick Avenue in north Omaha. The dispatcher informed Officers Howard and Campbell that the suspect in the incident was a black male driving a gold-colored BMW. The officers drove to the area and met Officer Hronek, who was making an unrelated traffic stop and had heard part…