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SKINNER v. STATE

No. 5290.

432 P.2d 675 (1967)

Charles Edward SKINNER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 16, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Kellar, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., and James D. Santini, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

COLLINS, Justice.

Appellant Charles Edward Skinner was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for the unlawful killing of Roosevelt Wright in Las Vegas, Nevada. He appeals from the conviction and from denial of a writ of habeas corpus. We find no merit to either appeal and sustain the conviction.

On April 29, 1966, Skinner and Wright entered Bruce's Liquor Store in Las Vegas, Nevada, with three other men. Skinner and Wright there engaged...

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