FISH v. STATE

No. 7852.

549 P.2d 338 (1976)

Irwin William FISH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Sutton, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Holt, Dist. Atty., and Dan M. Seaton, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice:

Irwin W. Fish, also known as Bill Fish and Bill Faisch, was convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Abraham Schwartz whose body was discovered in a shallow grave near Las Vegas in September of 1972.

At trial, it was established that Fish and three accomplices, David Miller, Douglas Webb and Benny Shoemaker, conspired in the abduction and execution of Schwartz. The critical evidence produced at trial consisted primarily...

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