Opinion ID: 1857482
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 24

Heading: Sentence Comparisons.

Text: The proportionality review we are to make under § 29-2521.03 requires that we determine the propriety of the death sentence by comparing the sentence under review with previous cases involving the same or similar circumstances, which thus ensures that no sentence imposed shall be greater than those imposed in other cases with the same or similar circumstances, and that the review should include only those cases in which the death penalty was actually imposed. See, State v. Joubert, 224 Neb. 411, 399 N.W.2d 237 (1986), cert. denied 484 U.S. 905, 108 S.Ct. 247, 98 L.Ed.2d 205 (1987); State v. Palmer, 224 Neb. 282, 399 N.W.2d 706 (1986), cert. denied 484 U.S. 872, 108 S.Ct. 206, 98 L.Ed.2d 157 (1987). After comparing the facts and circumstances of this case with those of all the applicable cases in which the death penalty was imposed, as required by Palmer, we find that the sentences imposed in this case are no greater than nor disproportionate to the sentences imposed in any other case with the same or similar circumstances.