PACHECO v. STATE

No. 4950.

414 P.2d 100 (1966)

82 Nev. 172

Hector PACHECO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Forest Cahlan, and Robert Santa Cruz, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, Edward G. Marshall, District Attorney, and Raymond D. Jeffers, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


ZENOFF, District Judge.

Appellant, convicted of kidnapping for the purpose of committing rape or an infamous crime against nature (NRS 200.310), and sentenced by a jury to life imprisonment (NRS 200.320), here appeals that conviction by alleging three errors: (1) the jurors, after impanelment, read prejudicial newspaper articles; (2) the prosecutor made a prejudicial remark in closing argument, wherein he called appellant a "mad dog"; (3) the court admitted over objection...

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