Opinion ID: 6322207
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Text: Kenneth M. Kipple was convicted of two counts of child enticement and one count of tampering with a witness. No direct appeal was filed. Kipple retained new counsel and filed a postconviction motion that alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in various particulars, including trial counsel’s failure to file a direct appeal. The district court granted Kipple a new direct appeal. This is that appeal. - 657 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 310 Nebraska Reports STATE v. KIPPLE Cite as 310 Neb. 654 We affirm Kipple’s convictions for child enticement and for witness tampering, and we also affirm Kipple’s sentences for child enticement. We vacate Kipple’s sentence for witness tampering and remand the cause for further proceedings.