S-17-0257 State of Nebraska v. Shawn A. McGuire (Appellant)
District Court for Douglas County, Hon. J. Russell Derr
Attorneys: A. Michael Bianchi; Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General, and Erin E. Tangeman, Assistant Attorney General
Civil: Postconviction
Proceedings below: District court overruled Shawn A. McGuire’s motion for postconviction relief after an evidentiary hearing.
Issues: Whether trial counsel was ineffective in various respects; whether postconviction court erred by failing to rule on certain claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; and whether McGuire was denied due process and his statutory right under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3004 to competent and effective postconviction counsel.