Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-389 (2026)

Terms, defined

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For purposes of the Homicide of the Unborn Child Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Premeditation means a design formed to do something before it is done; and

(2) Unborn child means an individual member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development in utero, who was alive at the time of the homicidal act and died as a result thereof whether before, during, or after birth.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2016 · leading case: State v. Courchesne, 998 A.2d 1 (Conn. 2010).
State v. Courchesne, 998 A.2d 1 (Conn. 2010). “§ 97-3-37 (1) (2006) (for purposes of Mississippi’s homi *795 cide statutes, “the term ‘human being’ includes an unborn child at every stage of gestation from conception until live birth”); Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-389 (2) and 28-391 through 28-394 (Cum.”
State v. Moss (Neb. Ct. App. 2016). “It noted that fetal homicide statutes from other jurisdictions, similar to § 28-392 and § 28-389, that have been challenged have been found to be constitutional.”
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