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STEWART v. STATE

No. 8299.

547 P.2d 320 (1976)

James Rudy STEWART, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Dunseath, Public Defender, and William B. Puzey, Deputy Public Defender, Reno, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Larry R. Hicks, Dist. Atty., and Kathleen M. Wall, Asst. Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On appeal from his conviction for first-degree murder appellant James Rudy Stewart claims that an incriminating statement he gave to a doctor in the presence of two police officers should not have been used in evidence because he was too intoxicated to realize the import of what he was saying.

The evidence against Stewart for the killing of Hoyt Scott is abundant. During the course of two employee Christmas parties sponsored by...

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