CATHEY v. STATE

No. 6059.

489 P.2d 681 (1971)

James E. CATHEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Legakes, Public Defender, and Thomas D. Beatty, Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Roy A. Woofter, Dist. Atty., and Charles L. Garner, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Cathey stands convicted of first degree burglary. His appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict, and other matters. During oral argument on appeal the prosecutor acknowledged that the evidence presented at trial did not connect the accused with the offense charged. Our independent review of the record leads us to the same conclusion. Indeed, the evidence supposedly pointing to the guilt of the accused...

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