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SUMMERS v. STATE

No. 7137.

529 P.2d 207 (1974)

Jack Elmer SUMMERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodlin Goff, State Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert E. Rose, Dist. Atty. and Kathleen M. Wall, Asst. Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In February, 1969, a jury found appellant guilty of first degree murder and fixed his punishment at death. In June, 1972, the United States Supreme Court held the death penalty, as commonly applied, was unconstitutional. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972). Because of that decision, our district court held a resentencing hearing, and sentenced appellant to life imprisonment...

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