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LaPIERRE v. STATE

No. 22466.

836 P.2d 56 (1992)

Richard Francis LaPIERRE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 5, 1992,

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Howard S. Brooks, Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Clark County Dist. Atty. and James Tufteland and John P. Lukens, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

FACTS

In 1984, Richard LaPierre (Richard) and his wife, Maria LaPierre (Maria), allowed Maria's granddaughter to come live with them. The child had been in and out of foster homes for approximately two years. In March 1986, the LaPierres adopted the little girl.

In June 1989, the marriage ended and Richard moved out of the residence. Within three weeks, the child (who was nearly nine years old at the time) told her uncle...

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