STATE EX REL. MORFORD v. FOGLIANI

No. 4956.

411 P.2d 122 (1966)

82 Nev. 79

The STATE of Nevada, ex rel. Lester E. MORFORD, III, Appellant, v. Jack FOGLIANI, Warden, Nevada State Penitentiary, Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Squire Drendel, and Stanley H. Brown, of Reno, for Appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, of Carson City, and William J. Raggio, Washoe County Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.


THOMPSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying habeas corpus. Morford entered a plea of guilty to an open charge of murder. A three-judge court was appointed to hear evidence, determine degree, and impose sentence. NRS 200.030. Morford was adjudged guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. That judgment was affirmed on appeal. Morford v. State, 80 Nev. 438, 395 P.2d 861 (1964). Some of the questions raised...

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