Legal Opinion
State v. Dunster
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided August 7, 2009No. S-08-227PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
769 N.W.2d 401 (2009)
278 Neb. 268
STATE of Nebraska, appellee,
v.
David L. DUNSTER, appellant.
No. S-08-227.
Supreme Court of Nebraska.
August 7, 2009.
Peter K. Blakeslee for appellant.
Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and J. Kirk Brown, Lincoln, for appellee.
HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.
GERRARD, J.
David L. Dunster was convicted of murdering his prison cellmate and sentenced to death. His convictions and sentences were affirmed on direct appeal. This appeal is taken from the district court's denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of Dunster's…
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- People v. BloomCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
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