Legal Opinion

State v. Eickmeier

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1971No. 38051PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Spencer, J'.

Defendant, Charles Eickmeier, was convicted of burning his trailer home to defraud an insurer. Defendánt argues two assignments of error: The insufficiency of the evidence, and the lack of a proper foundation for the admission of an exhibit. We affirm.

The evidence against the defendant is in the main circumstantial. However, defendant’s brother-in-law testified that the defendant had told him he was going to burn down his trailer house. When he told how he expected to do it, the brother-in-law jokingly suggested that he do it like a woman would, by leaving a frying pan on the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Reizenstein v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1958

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. LunaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Darwin Jay Robinson, Sr. v. Charles J. Black, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  3. State v. KeetonNebraska Supreme Court · 1977
  4. State v. MeadowsNebraska Supreme Court · 1979

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