Court Opinion

ID: 9675114
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:42:27.158699+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:15:22.586636
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*381Wright, J.,
dissenting.
The majority concludes Hall was prejudiced because his conviction was premised upon an insufficient information which did not allege that malice is one of the essential elements which constitutes the crime of second degree murder. Malice is defined as the intentional doing of an unlawful act without just cause or excuse. See State v. Dean, 246 Neb. 869, 523 N.W.2d 681 (1994).
Hall caused the victim’s death by shooting him five times with a .357-Magnum revolver while the victim’s 5-year-old son watched. Under what conceivable theory was Hall prejudiced when he entered his plea of guilty to second degree murder?
Connolly and Gerrard, JJ., join in this dissent.