Case Number(s)
S-19-0652
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Scotts Bluff
Case Location
Lincoln
Court Type
District Court
Case Summary
S-19-0652 State v. Jeffrey Hessler (Appellant)
Scotts Bluff County District Court, Judge Andrea D. Miller
Attorneys: James D. Smith, Solicitor General (Attorney General’s Office) --- Jerry M. Hug (Appellant)
Civil: Postconviction
Proceedings below: The district court denied Appellant’s motion for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing.
Issues: 1. Nebraska’s capital sentencing scheme violates Hurst v. Florida and the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. 2. Nebraska's capital sentencing scheme, which permits a three-judge panel, rather than a jury, to impose a death sentence, violates the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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