McKINNEY v. STATE

No. 7000.

516 P.2d 1404 (1973)

Mary Simms McKINNEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Brian L. Grennspun and Philip M. Pro, Deputy Public Defenders, Las Vegas, for appellant.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was charged with and convicted of second-degree murder. Appellant urged self-defense at the trial. The sole assignment of error on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in its refusal to give appellant's following proposed instruction on two reasonable theories:

"If upon a fair and impartial consideration of all the evidence in the case, the jury finds that there are two reasonable theories supported by the testimony...

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