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CAVANAUGH v. STATE

No. 16357.

729 P.2d 481 (1986)

Patrick James CAVANAUGH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovell, Bilbray, Potter & Gewerter, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty. and James Tufteland, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Patrick Cavanaugh was the mastermind of a fraudulent scheme to purchase furniture with stolen, forged checks. A "secret witness" article in a Las Vegas newspaper pictured Cavanaugh's putative wife, Diana, as a suspect in the scheme and offered a reward for information concerning the woman and her participation in the fraud. The State's theory, presented through testimony at trial, was that Cavanaugh believed that an acquaintance...

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