Stewart v. Delgado

In 1975, plaintiff-appellant was found guilty of first degree murder and shooting “with intent to kill, wound or maim.” He was sentenced to death on the murder charge and to 15 to 50 years’ imprisonment on the shooting charge. He appealed to this court, where, on February 2, 1977, the conviction on each count was affirmed, as was the sentence on the shooting charge. On the murder charge, this court stated we “modify the sentences imposed upon him by reducing his sentence to death under count I to a sentence of life imprisonment.” State v. Stewart, 197 Neb. 497, 527-28, 250 N.W.2d 849, 866-67…