ALEXANDER v. STATE

No. 5551.

449 P.2d 153 (1968)

Charles Louis ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Santini, Public Defender, Robert N. Peccole, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., Jerry J. Kaufman, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

MOWBRAY, Justice.

A jury found Charles Louis Alexander guilty of unlawful possession of narcotics (marijuana). The trial judge rejected Alexander's testimony that his friend, Stephen Carl Walston, had told Alexander a day and a half before his trial that he (Walston) was the guilty culprit. The trial judge ruled that the testimony was hearsay and self serving. Appellant admits that the testimony is hearsay, but argues that it is admissible because...

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