TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 8212.

547 P.2d 674 (1976)

James Fairbanks TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Foley, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Holt, Dist. Atty., and Joel M. Cooper, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice:

James Fairbanks Taylor, sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, stands convicted of the murder of Vicky Wilhelmi Price.

The principal issue on appeal stems from a previous arrest of Taylor for a crime unrelated to the murder for which he ultimately was convicted. On August 13, 1972, a woman contacted the Las Vegas Police Department claiming that she had been raped during the early morning hours of the...

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