EMMONS v. STATE

No. 20323.

807 P.2d 718 (1991)

Mark Stewart EMMONS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schieck & Derke, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Dist. Atty., James Tufteland, Deputy Dist. Atty., Daniel M. Seaton, Deputy Dist. Atty., Clark County, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Mark Stewart Emmons was charged with murder in the stabbing death of Jack Perkins, Jr. He and an accomplice, Edward Hassett, hitched a ride with Perkins in Tucson, Arizona, on December 26, 1985. While driving across the Nevada desert, the two men decided to rob Perkins. In the process, Emmons stabbed Perkins. He and Hassett took Perkins' possessions and left him for dead. The next day, Emmons pawned some of Perkins' belongings...

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