State v. Goynes

278 Neb. 230

STATE OF NEBRASKA, APPELLEE,

v.

DAUNTE L. GOYNES, APPELLANT.

No. S-08-810.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed July 31, 2009.

Thomas C. Riley, Douglas County Public Defender, for appellant.

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

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

CONNOLLY, J.

I. SUMMARY

A jury convicted the appellant, Daunte L. Goynes, of murder in the second degree and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. The district court sentenced him to a term of 60 years' to life imprisonment for the murder conviction and a…