Opinion ID: 2779229
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Third Assignment

Text: of Error [7] Thorpe alleges that the trial court erred by giving jury instruction No. 14. He raised this identical claim on direct appeal, and we explicitly found that the trial court “did not err in giving instruction No. 14.” See State v. Thorpe, 280 Neb. 11, 25, 783 N.W.2d 749, 762 (2010). A defendant “cannot use a motion for postconviction relief to collaterally attack issues that were decided against him on direct appeal.” See State v. Dunster, 278 Neb. 268, 278, 769 N.W.2d 401, 410 (2009). Therefore, Thorpe’s third assignment of error is without merit. Nebraska Advance Sheets 156 290 NEBRASKA REPORTS