AMEN v. STATE

No. 19990.

801 P.2d 1354 (1990)

Jim AMEN, aka Jim Allen; Vince Bedell, aka Vince Evans; Clark Creech, aka C.W. Dennis; David Maxwell, aka J.D. McCormick; Beth Morey, aka Rachel Truman, aka Jan Gilbert, Appellants, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan Harris, Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant Jim Amen.

Nathaniel Reed, Las Vegas, for appellant Vince Bedell.

Leslie Mark Stovall, Las Vegas, for appellant Clark Creech.

Lee Elizabeth McMahon, Las Vegas, for appellant David Maxwell.

Lovell & Potter, Las Vegas, for appellant Beth Morey.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Dist. Atty., Carolyn Ellsworth, Deputy Dist. Atty., and David B. Barker, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for the State.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The primary issues in this appeal are whether statutory evidentiary requirements for corroboration of false pretense charges are sufficient to support individual convictions, whether a misdemeanor crime is a lesser included offense in the more serious felony false pretense offense, and whether severance should have been ordered in the trial of the defendants. Having concluded that none of the issues has merit, we affirm.

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