Court Opinion

ID: 9685945
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 15:10:22.602311+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:35:18.430068
License: Public Domain

Krivosha, C. J.,
concurring in part, and in part dissenting.
I recognize that we have previously set down rules concerning the finality of a judgment in a criminal case which, when applied in this case, precludes further consideration concerning the imposition of the death penalty in this case. I would, however, hold that L.B. 711, Laws 1978, applies in all cases in which the sentence has not been executed and, because of my views as expressed in State v. Williams, ante p. 56, 287 N. W. 2d 18, would sentence this defendant to life imprisonment for the balance of his natural life rather than to be executed. In all other respects I concur with the majority.