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...
Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez is fending off a challenge from progressive Democrat David Kim for a third time in the deep-blue, Los Angeles-area district. The showdowns between the two have gotten increasingly competitive: In 2020, Gomez beat Kim by 6 points, and in 2022...
degree assault and commission of a hate crime in Lancaster County Court on Friday. While the name of the man charged with these offenses remains “Luke Stevens” on the record this Monday, his true identity will replace the false one on all court documents and police records, according to Ca...
Palmer claims that he was deprived of his Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights because the trial court in his third trial failed to instruct the jury on the lesser included offenses of manslaughter and second degree murder. The United States Supreme Court has upheld the Nebraska...
longitude west from Washington; thence north along said twenty-seventh degree of west longitude, to a point formed by its intersection with the forty-third degree of north latitude [the Western border, which is the Panhandle]; thence east along said forty-third degree of north latitude to the...
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.'"...