STATE v. DUNKIN

No. S-11-220.

807 N.W.2d 744 (2012)

283 Neb. 30

STATE of Nebraska, appellee, v. Robert J. DUNKIN, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford J. Pollack , Lincoln, of Pollack & Ball, L.L.C., for appellant.

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, and Kimberly A. Klein , Lincoln, for appellee.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


McCORMACK, J.

I. NATURE OF CASE

Robert J. Dunkin pled no contest to the charge of murder in the second degree. The district court accepted Dunkin's plea, entered a judgment of guilty, and subsequently sentenced Dunkin to 40 years' to life imprisonment. Dunkin did not directly appeal the judgment, but filed a motion for postconviction relief which alleged that his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel had been violated. Following an...

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