HOWARD v. SHERIFF OF CLARK COUNTY

No. 5289

425 P.2d 596 (1967)

Thomas Cornelius HOWARD, Appellant, v. SHERIFF OF CLARK COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

March 31, 1967


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Kellar, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, and George E. Franklin, Jr., District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice.

Thomas Cornelius Howard and Barbara Louise Howard were charged with killing Officer Fortye by shooting at and into his body with a firearm. Four witnesses gave testimony at the preliminary hearing: a pathologist, a police patrolman, a taxi driver, and a church organist.

The pathologist stated that the autopsy disclosed three gunshot wounds; two of them superficial, and the third a fatal chest wound. He opined that death occurred...

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