Court Opinion

ID: 9686652
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:00:11.123114+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:52:35.104971
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White, J.,
dissenting in part.
The victim of a brutal sexual assault was not required to be hospitalized. From that weak twig the majority builds a tree. No evidence was offered to dispute the psychiatrist’s view that the victim suffered severe personal injury, i.e., mental trauma.
The majority has severely weakened the doctrine announced in State v. Tamburano, 201 Neb. 703, 271 N.W.2d 472 (1978), and expanded in State v. Beasley, 214 Neb. 918, 336 N.W.2d 601 (1983). No facts were adduced to dispute the assertion that serious personal injury occurred. The jury was faced only with the choice of belief or disbelief. Therefore, appellant was not entitled to the requested instruction.
I would affirm.