For example, State v. Brand, 219 Neb. 402,363 N.W.2d 516(1985), involved a 35year sentence without parole for one twice convicted of sexual assault in the first degree. In holding the sentence not to be cruel and unusual, we observed that the Legislature is not required to select the...
1975),526 S.W.2d 915, a case cited by the State, the defendant was being tried on three counts of first degree murder and one count of assault with intent to kill. The prosecutor at one point during the trial stated: "I wish I could; if I could testify, we wouldn't be trying t...
In addition, the criminal statute applies only to those who “knowingly or willfully” disobey the law. Legal advice Musk may have received blessing the arrangement could be enough to head off any prosecution. Justice Department investigations of election-related crimes also typic...
Stevens may be charged with bias crime, which would make his situation much more grave. If proven guilty of a hate crime, the enhancement would hike the misdemeanor assault charge to a felony.The Journal Starreports that the Nebraska hate crimes statute covers offenses ...
Though its politics are generally conservative, the state also has a history of progressive reform. Nebraska was the first US state to outlaw sexual assault within a marriage, in 1975.[77] In 1980 it became the first US state to divest from South Africa to protest the racist system of apar...
severely injuring the friend. The insured was originally charged with first degree assault and later pled guilty to second degree assault. The court held that the injured party's tort claim was not covered under the insured's homeowner's policy, which excluded liability for "`criminal acts.'"...
The Palmer IV court's test, once the first prong is corrected to focus on the time of the crime rather than the time of the sentencing hearing, "correctly identifie [s] the Supreme Court's rule regarding notice of a statute's subsequent construction as it may affect sentencing." Kinney,...