WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 11294.

655 P.2d 531 (1982)

Nolan Osborne WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Calvin R.X. Dunlap, Dist. Atty., and Edward B. Horn, Deputy Dist. Atty., Washoe County, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

After a jury found appellant guilty of robbery, he moved for a new trial. The district court denied appellant's motion, concluding that NRS 176.515 does not permit a new trial to be granted for insufficiency of the evidence. On appeal, appellant contends, to the contrary, that the court possessed lawful authority to consider his motion. We agree. This matter is reversed and remanded, so that appellant's motion may be considered in accord...

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