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A MINOR v. MINERAL COUNTY JUVENILE DEPT.

Nos. 10264, 10265.

592 P.2d 172 (1979)

A MINOR, Appellant, v. MINERAL COUNTY JUVENILE DEPARTMENT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Y. Herring, Nevada State Public Defender, and J. Thomas Susich, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Larry G. Bettis, Dist. Atty., and John S. Hill, Deputy Dist. Atty., Hawthorne, for respondent.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice:

Two errors are assigned. First, that one may not be found guilty of aiding and abetting a crime without his principal first being convicted. Second, that their convictions were obtained through uncorroborated accomplice testimony in violation of NRS 175.291(1).

It is not necessary first to prove guilt of the principal. State v. Cushing, 61 Nev. 132, 120 P.2d 208 (1941). The common law which required the prior conviction...

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