HABERSTROH v. STATE

No. 18617.

782 P.2d 1343 (1989)

Richard Lee HABERSTROH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, George E. Franzen, and Robert Miller, Deputys, Clark County, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Dist. Atty., James Tufteland, and Thomas L. Leen, Deputys, Clark County, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

STEFFEN, Justice.

On July 21, 1986, Richard Lee Haberstroh abducted a woman from a grocery store parking lot. Haberstroh then took his victim into the desert outside Las Vegas, where he robbed her, sexually assaulted her, and, finally, strangled her. The strangulation caused irreparable brain damage, which ultimately resulted in the woman's death.

A jury found Haberstroh guilty of the murder and sentenced him to death. The jury also convicted...

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