GERING, Neb. (AP) — A Scottsbluff man plans to appeal his murder conviction and life sentence. A lawyer for Daniel Morgan filed the notice on Wednesday in Scotts Bluff County District Court. Grounds for the appeal have not been specified. Morgan was convicted in March of killing Dominic Marquez in May 2011. He was sentenced last month. Morgan claims he just wanted to confront Marquez because Morgan’s girlfriend, the mother of Marquez’s child, had been harassed and threatened by Marquez’s friends. Prosecutors say Morgan was armed when he drove to Marquez’s home and sent text messages that said he was “going after” Marquez. Police recovered 34 shell casings at the scene.