STATE v. EDWARDS

No. S-12-777.

837 N.W.2d 81 (2013)

286 Neb. 404

STATE of Nebraska, appellee and cross-appellant, v. John Blake EDWARDS, appellant and cross-appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed August 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence E. Mock , Denise E. Frost , and Matt M. Munderloh , of Johnson & Mock, for appellant.

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, and James D. Smith for appellee.

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


STEPHAN, J.

As the Keith County Attorney, John Blake Edwards established a pretrial diversion program. After an audit by Nebraska's state auditor and an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol, Edwards was charged with three counts of theft by unlawful taking for checks written from diversion program funds. Edwards was acquitted by a jury of two of the theft counts and convicted of the third, which was based on a check he wrote on a diversion program account to...

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