STATE v. GOHAM

No. 39350.

216 N.W.2d 869 (1974)

191 Neb. 639

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Wayne GOHAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerrigan, Line & Martin, William G. Line, Fremont, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Ralph H. Gillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, and CLINTON, JJ., and BUCKLEY, District Judge.


SPENCER, Justice.

This appeal is from a denial of post conviction relief. The question involved is the effect of retrocession, if validly accepted, of criminal jurisdiction over Indians on the Omaha Reservation in Thurston County prior to October 25, 1970. The trial court denied relief. We affirm.

Petitioner, who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, appealed his original conviction to this court. On that appeal we held the State had not lost jurisdiction...

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