STATE v. PILGRIM

No. 36679.

156 N.W.2d 171 (1968)

182 Neb. 594

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Robert Newell PILGRIM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leamer & Graham, Richard K. Spencer, South Sioux City, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Harold Mosher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH and McCOWN, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

This appeal follows a second degree murder conviction by a jury and a sentence of imprisonment for 16 years. Defendant asserts insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, misconduct of the prosecuting attorney, denial of a speedy trial, deprivation of his right to bail, and excessiveness of the sentence.

Shortly after 7 p. m., on July 30, 1966, defendant professed anxiety over the health of his wife, Lucile. Standing in a road near the Metz farm...

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