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DAVIES v. STATE

No. 10390.

598 P.2d 636 (1979)

John DAVIES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Dunseath, Washoe County Public Defender, and Michael B. McDonald, Deputy Public Defender, Reno, for appellant.1

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Calvin R.X. Dunlap, Washoe County Dist. Atty., Bruce R. Laxalt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Justice:

Upon a jury verdict, appellant John Davies, 23, was convicted of the first degree murder of Michael Marcheschi, 19, and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. For the reasons expressed in this opinion, the judgment is reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.

On the evening of Wednesday, February 23, 1977, after a day of drinking beer and ingesting other intoxicants, appellant and his friend...

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