State v. Poindexter

277 Neb. 936

STATE OF NEBRASKA, APPELLEE,

v.

EDWARD POINDEXTER, APPELLANT.

No. S-07-1075.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed June 19, 2009.

Robert F. Bartle, of Bartle & Geier, Beth Little Hamilton, and John C. Vanderslice, of the Federal Public Defender's Office, for appellant.

Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and James D. Smith for appellee.

Amy A. Miller, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Nebraska.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

McCORMACK, J.

I. NATURE OF CASE

Edward Poindexter and David L. Rice were convicted of first…