STATE v. STEVENSON

Nos. 41370, 41371.

264 N.W.2d 848 (1978)

200 Neb. 624

STATE of Nebraska v. Lee Truman STEVENSON, Appellant. STATE of Nebraska v. James JACKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, Bennett G. Hornstein, Asst. Public Defender, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Ralph H. Gillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, BRODKEY and WHITE, JJ., and KUNS, Retired District Judge.


C. THOMAS WHITE, Justice.

On July 24, 1976, a vacant residence at 2120 Lothrop Street, Omaha, Nebraska, caught fire and was substantially damaged. The defendants, Lee Truman Stevenson and James Jackson, were arrested, charged, and convicted of arson in the first degree at a joint trial. At trial, the defendants were represented by an assistant public defender.

After the fire was extinguished, on inspection by an acting battalion chief and the arson bureau...

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