CROCKETT v. STATE

No. 8919.

603 P.2d 1078 (1979)

Edward Nevon CROCKETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hamilton, Reno, for appellant.

Richard Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Calvin R.X. Dunlap, Dist. Atty., and John L. Conner, Deputy Dist. Atty. Washoe County, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice:

A jury convicted Edward Crockett for the shooting death of his 15 1/2-year-old stepdaughter, Blythe Harrington. On appeal, Crockett urges a variety of serious contentions, to most of which we will allude only in passing. For example, some significant assignments of error, which we find it unnecessary to consider, involve the following: 1) in closing argument, the prosecutor commented several times to the jury on Mrs. Crockett...

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