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AZBILL v. STATE

No. 6122.

495 P.2d 1064 (1972)

Sylvester Jackson AZBILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Manzonie, Wiener, Goldwater & Galatz, Las Vegas, for appellant.

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

OPINION

BATJER, Justice:

A jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the first degree and set his penalty at life in prison without possibility of parole. The same jury found him guilty of arson in the first degree and he was sentenced to 10 years, both sentences to run concurrently. A motion for a new trial was denied, and this appeal follows.

The appellant and Rose Mapel were married on September 20, 1967. At the time of the marriage she was...

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