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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-929 (2026)

Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional in the first degree; penalty

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(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer, an emergency responder, a state correctional employee, a Department of Health and Human Services employee, or a health care professional in the first degree if:

(a) He or she intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury:

(i) To a peace officer, a probation officer, a firefighter, an emergency care provider, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;

(ii) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or

(iii) To a health care professional; and

(b) The offense is committed while such officer, firefighter, emergency care provider, or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or while the health care professional is on duty at a hospital or a health clinic.

(2) Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, a state correctional employee, a Department of Health and Human Services employee, or a health care professional in the first degree shall be a Class ID felony.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: State v. Ezell, 993 N.W.2d 449 (Neb. 2023).
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State v. Ezell, 993 N.W.2d 449 (Neb. 2023). · cites it 2× “8 ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR Ezell assigns that the district court erred when it abused its discretion by (1) denying his motion to disqualify, (2) ordering him to serve excessive sentences, (3) ordering him to serve consecutive sentences, and (4) imposing sentences that constituted…”
State v. Vazquez, 21 N.W.3d 615 (Neb. 2025). · cites it 2× “A reasonable fact finder could infer from this evidence that Vazquez not only knew where Jennings was standing when he fired the gun, but also that he intentionally fired multiple shots at Jennings. Vazquez also argues there was insufficient evidence that the injuries to…”
In re Interest of Blythman, 302 N.W.2d 666 (Neb. 1981). · cites it 2× “His return to the complex for an indefinite period of time was the only option open to the court under the sexual sociopath *53 laws then existing, Neb.”
State v. Hoffman, 416 N.W.2d 231 (Neb. 1987). “Felony debauching of a minor as charged in count II consisted of fondling or massaging in an indecent manner the sexual organs of a person under 16 years of age;§ 28-929(2), R.R.S. 1943. . . . The evidence of the State which proved the first degree sexual assault in this case…”
Cotner v. Solomon, 80 N.W.2d 587 (Neb. 1957). · cites it 4× “In that connection, the alleged offense is defined by section 28-929(2), R.R.S. 1943. The offense allegedly occurred on August 24, 1955, and involved one named minor girl 5 years old, and one named minor girl 6 years old.”
State v. Aby, 287 N.W.2d 68 (Neb. 1980). “§ 28-408.03 (1) (c), R. R. S. 1943. Felony debauching of a minor as charged in count II consisted of fondling or massaging in an indecent manner the sexual organs of a person under 16 years of age.”
State v. Reich, 183 N.W.2d 223 (Neb. 1971). · cites it 3× “After conviction for violation of section 28-929(2), R. R. S. 1943, for the indecent fondling or massaging of the sexual organs of a girl of the age of 10 years, the defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate period of 3 to 5 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex.”
State v. Guardiola, 8 N.W.3d 253 (Neb. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Affirmed in part, and in part vacated and remanded for resentencing.”
State v. Blythman, 267 N.W.2d 525 (Neb. 1978). · cites it 2× “In March, 1974, the defendant was charged with fondling a girl under the age of 16 in violation of section 28-929 (2), R. R. S. 1943. The defendant pleaded guilty to the fondling charge in exchange for the dismissal of a charge of assault on an 8-year-old girl, which occurred on…”
State v. Burton, 118 N.W.2d 502 (Neb. 1962). · cites it 2× “In that connection, the alleged offense is defined by section 28-929, subdivision (2), R. S. Supp.”
State v. Painter, 237 N.W.2d 142 (Neb. 1976). · cites it 4× “Defendant, LeRoy Painter, was sentenced to 5 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex on each count in both cases, with the sentences to run concurrently on the three counts in each case, but the sentences in each case to run consecutively.”
State v. Parmer, 313 N.W.2d 237 (Neb. 1981). · cites it 2× “In 1951 the debauchery statute was amended to read: “Whoever shall debauch the person or deprave the morals of any boy or girl under the age of twenty-one years, (1) either by lewdly inducing such boy carnally to know any female person, or lewdly inducing such girl carnally to…”
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-929(1): 1 case
State v. Churchich, No. A-13-1005 (Neb. Ct. App. Oct. 21, 2014).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-929(1)(a)(i): 1 case
State v. LeFever, 970 N.W.2d 792 (Neb. Ct. App. 2022).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-929(2): 3 cases
State v. Hoffman, 416 N.W.2d 231 (Neb. 1987). “Felony debauching of a minor as charged in count II consisted of fondling or massaging in an indecent manner the sexual organs of a person under 16 years of age;§ 28-929(2), R.R.S. 1943. . . . The evidence of the State which proved the first degree sexual assault in this case…”
Cotner v. Solomon, 80 N.W.2d 587 (Neb. 1957). “In that connection, the alleged offense is defined by section 28-929(2), R.R.S. 1943. The offense allegedly occurred on August 24, 1955, and involved one named minor girl 5 years old, and one named minor girl 6 years old.”
State v. Reich, 183 N.W.2d 223 (Neb. 1971). “After conviction for violation of section 28-929(2), R. R. S. 1943, for the indecent fondling or massaging of the sexual organs of a girl of the age of 10 years, the defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate period of 3 to 5 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex.”
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