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- Title: State Nebraska v. Kaye Chapple
- Author : Supreme Court of Nebraska
- Release Date : January 10, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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Shortly after midnight on March 8, 1975, the defendant and one Sylvester Criss were in a red and white 1968 Impala, proceeding north on I-480 in Omaha, Nebraska, when their car went out of control, sheared off a road sign, crossed the median, struck a yellow 1972 Cougar in the south-bound lane, then a light pole, went over an embankment, and finally coming to rest. Both the driver, Nathan Becerra, and passenger, Deborah Becerra, in the Cougar were killed in the collision. Thereafter, the defendant was charged with, tried, and found guilty by a jury of two counts of motor vehicle homicide. The District Court sentenced the defendant to a term of 3 1/4 to 10 years in the Nebraska Center for Women at York, Nebraska, on each count, the sentences to run consecutively. The defendant appeals her conviction and sentence. We affirm the judgment and sentence of the District Court. The defendant first contends that the District Court committed reversible error when it overruled her motions for a directed verdict. She argues that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law, specifically that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident, an essential element of the crimes charged.