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DOGGETT v. STATE

No. 7757.

542 P.2d 1066 (1975)

De Orval DOGGETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace R. Goff, State Public Defender and Michael R. Griffin, Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, and William Macdonald, Dist. Atty., Winnemucca, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In November, 1958, De Orval Doggett was found guilty, by jury verdict, of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, without possibility of parole.

There was a timely motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence that Doggett "lacked mental competency" because he had been admitted to the Stockton State Hospital for "mental illness" on September 19, 1952. It was also shown that Doggett had left the hospital...

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