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- Title: State Nebraska v. John R. Ellis
- Author : Supreme Court of Nebraska
- Release Date : January 27, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 85 KB
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John R. Ellis appeals to this court from his conviction by the jury of the manslaughter of Deborah A. Forycki. He alleges
as principal grounds for reversal: (1) That the Lancaster County District Court lacked jurisdiction to try the action because
of improper venue; (2) That the court erred in submitting the case to the jury on the charges of first and second degree murder;
(3) That the trial court erred in admitting evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or bad acts committed by him; (4) That the court
erred in failing to strike a prospective juror for cause; (5) That it was error to limit his cross-examination of certain
witnesses; (6) That error was committed by the admission of purported hearsay testimony; (7) That the trial court erred in
failing to grant a mistrial based on the claim of prosecutorial misconduct; and, finally, (8) That the court erred in overruling
defendant's motions to dismiss and for a directed verdict. We affirm the District Court. We first review the facts of this case as revealed by the record, recognizing that most of the evidence adduced was circumstantial
in nature. The record is undisputed that Forycki was last seen on October 3, 1974, in Lancaster County, Nebraska, and that
her skeletal remains were found in Cass County, Nebraska, on September 13, 1978. At the time of her disappearance, Forycki
was a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who worked part time at a downtown Lincoln store. On the date of her disappearance,
Forycki was to meet a friend for lunch around 11:30 and then be at her place of employment at around 1 o'clock. She was observed
leaving her apartment around 11 o'clock that morning, walking toward the downtown area as was her custom, because she did
not own or have access to an automobile. She failed to keep her luncheon engagement that day and was never seen or heard from
again.
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