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TUCKER v. STATE

No. 4893.

412 P.2d 970 (1966)

Horace Goucher TUCKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 11, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Claiborne, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, of Carson City, and Edward G. Marshall, District Attorney of Clark County, and Earl Gripentrog, Deputy District Attorney, both of Las Vegas, for Respondent.

THOMPSON, Justice.

On May 7, 1957, Horace Tucker telephoned the police station and asked a detective to come to the Tucker home in North Las Vegas. Upon arrival the detective observed that Tucker had been drinking, was unshaven, and looked tired. Tucker led the detective to the dining room where one, Earl Kaylor, was dead on the floor. Kaylor had been shot several times. When asked what had happened, Tucker said that he (Tucker) had been sleeping in the bedroom, awakened...

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