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SIPSAS v. STATE

No. 14927.

716 P.2d 231 (1986)

William SIPSAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johns & Johns, Las Vegas, for appellant.

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

OPINION

FOLEY, District Judge:

William Sipsas was convicted of first degree murder and child abuse for the death of his live-in girl friend's five-year old daughter, Jennelle Kay Rahja. Jennelle bled to death as a result of a blunt force injury to her abdomen, which ruptured her mesentery.1

Sipsas testified that on the day of her death, Jennelle had choked on a sandwich and he stopped the choking by use of the Heimlich...

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