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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-307

Assisting suicide, defined; penalty

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)

Most recently applied in State v. Stubbendieck (March 2019)

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 22.

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(1) A person commits assisting suicide when, with intent to assist another person in committing suicide, he aids and abets him in committing or attempting to commit suicide. (2) Assisting suicide is a Class IV felony.

Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.