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State v. Dixon

Citations

  • 387 N.W.2d 682
  • 222 Neb. 787
  • 1986 Neb. LEXIS 972

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  • holding that heart attack caused by felonious conduct establishes necessary causal connection for felony murder
  • where evidence conflicted as to what statements police made to the defendant, trial court’s resolution of conflict in favor of admissibility was not clearly wrong
  • conviction of felony murder upheld where pathologist testified that cause of cardiac arrhythmia was shock experienced during burglary of victim’s home by defendant
  • conviction of felony murder upheld where pathologist testified that cause of cardiac arrhythmia was shock experienced during burglary of victim's home by defendant

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Judges: Krivosha, Boslaugh, Hastings, Caporale, Shanahan, Grant, White

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