Court Opinion

ID: 9724067
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Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:43:25.828412+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:55.062096
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*833Caporale, J.,
concurring in part, and in part dissenting.
I agree that the trial court’s omission of the element of malice in its definition of second degree murder requires that this cause be remanded for a new trial. See, State v. Myers, 244 Neb. 905, 510 N.W.2d 58 (1994); State v. Franklin, 241 Neb. 579, 489 N.W.2d 552 (1992); State v. Dean, 237 Neb. 65, 464 N.W.2d 782 (1991); State v. Trevino, 230 Neb. 494, 432 N.W.2d 503 (1988); State v. Keithley, 227 Neb. 402, 418 N.W.2d 212 (1988); State v. Rowe, 214 Neb. 685, 335 N.W.2d 309 (1983).
However, I disagree with the majority’s view that State v. Pettit, 233 Neb. 436, 445 N.W.2d 890 (1989), was wrongly decided. Its careful analysis of the manslaughter statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-305 (Reissue 1989), is correct, and I adhere to it.
Hastings, C. J., joins in this concurrence and dissent.