GARDEN v. STATE

No. 4000.

318 P.2d 652 (1957)

Kenneth S. GARDEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Claiborne, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., George M. Dickerson, Dist. Atty., VeNoy Christofferson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Clark County, Las Vegas, for respondent.


MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of conviction of the crime of statutory rape.

The first assignment of error is that the jury verdict of guilty is unsupported by any substantial evidence; that the trial court, under the evidence, should have advised a verdict of not guilty. Appellant has cited authority upon the proposition that a scintilla of evidence is not enough; that there must be substantial evidence to provide support for the verdict...

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