SPARKS v. STATE

No. 10173.

604 P.2d 802 (1980)

Michael Lee SPARKS, also known as Eddie Lee Brown, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Kirk B. Lenhard, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, and Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., and L.J. O'Neale, Deputy Dist. Atty., Clark County, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice:

A jury convicted Michael Lee Sparks, also known as Eddie Lee Brown, on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon (NRS 200.380; NRS 193.165), two counts of first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon (NRS 200.310(1); NRS 193.165), and one count of possessing stolen property (NRS 205.275).

On February 27, 1976, the two victims were asleep in a van parked in Lake Mead Recreational Area. Appellant and his brother Jerard...

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