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LAYTON v. STATE

No. 6548.

491 P.2d 45 (1971)

Johnny Lee LAYTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Lohse, Reno, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., and Herbert F. Ahlswede, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert E. Rose, Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Chief Justice:

Johnny Lee Layton was convicted of the murder of a taxi driver named Charles Anderson on April 28, 1970 in the vicinity of the Mustang brothel east of Reno.

The evidence was entirely circumstantial. On the day of the murder Layton traveled by bus to Reno from Sacramento and remained in the bus depot area during the afternoon. Previously the day before the shooting, he had purchased a 20-gauge shotgun in Sacramento....

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