WILSON v. STATE

No. 5959.

468 P.2d 346 (1970)

Stanley WILSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin Rittenhouse, Foley, Garner & Shoemaker, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., and George H. Spizzirri, and Larry C. Johns, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice.

At approximately 3:15 a.m., on December 8, 1967, Henry Feltus was struck with a blast from a shotgun. He died at approximately 4:30 a.m., that same morning. The appellant was accused of killing Feltus; tried before a jury; convicted of murder in the first degree; and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. This appeal is taken from that conviction.

During the early morning of December 8, 1967, Feltus...

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