SCOTT v. STATE

No. 3804

295 P.2d 391 (1956)

James De Witt SCOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

March 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Scanlan, of Reno, for Appellant.

Harvey Dickerson Attorney General, of Carson City, and A.D. Jensen, District Attorney, Emile J. Gezelin, Assistant District Attorney, both of Reno, for Respondent.


BADT, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of willfully and lewdly committing a lewd or lascivious act upon the body of a girl aged 8½ years. Section 10143, N.C.L. 1943-1949 Supp. While numerous errors are assigned in support of his appeal, his main assignments are: (1) insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and (2) errors in the giving and refusal of instructions to the jury. We first dispose of these assignments and then discuss the other questions...

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