# State v. Jones

> Nebraska Supreme Court · May 6, 1994 · 245 Neb. 821

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9724067

## Case

- **Full name:** State of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Roy L. Jones, Appellant
- **Court:** Nebraska Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 6, 1994
- **Citations:** 245 Neb. 821; 515 N.W.2d 654; 1994 Neb. LEXIS 104
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Caporale
- **Judges:** Hastings, Boslaugh, White, Caporale, Fahrnbruch, Lanphier, Shanahan
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled on other grounds by State v. Burlison, 255 Neb. 190 (1998).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9724067

## Opinion text

*833 Caporale, J.,
concurring in part, and in part dissenting.
I agree that the trial court’s omission of the element of malice in its definition of second degree murder requires that this cause be remanded for a new trial. See, State v. Myers, 244 Neb. 905 , 510 N.W.2d 58 (1994); State v. Franklin, 241 Neb. 579 , 489 N.W.2d 552 (1992); State v. Dean, 237 Neb. 65 , 464 N.W.2d 782 (1991); State v. Trevino, 230 Neb. 494 , 432 N.W.2d 503 (1988); State v. Keithley, 227 Neb. 402 , 418 N.W.2d 212 (1988); State v. Rowe, 214 Neb. 685 , 335 N.W.2d 309 (1983).
However, I disagree with the majority’s view that State v. Pettit, 233 Neb. 436 , 445 N.W.2d 890 (1989), was wrongly decided. Its careful analysis of the manslaughter statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-305 (Reissue 1989), is correct, and I adhere to it.
Hastings, C. J., joins in this concurrence and dissent.

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