State v. Gleaton

Summary

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed Gleaton’s convictions and generally upheld his sentences, rejecting challenges to expert testimony based on cell phone location data, prosecutorial closing arguments, victim-impact material in the presentence report, and alleged judicial bias during sentencing. The court held that the cell phone methodology was sufficiently reliable, the prosecutor’s remarks were permissible, and the sentencing judge’s questions did not demonstrate partiality. The court nevertheless modified the sentences because the district court improperly applied 413 days of credit to the life sentence rather than to the consecutive nonlife sentences.