RIKER v. STATE

No. 25604

905 P.2d 706 (1995)

David Robert RIKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 1, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Kedric A. Bassett, Deputy, Clark County, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, and James Tufteland, Chief Deputy, Michael N. O'Callaghan, Deputy, Clark County, for Respondent.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice:

FACTS

On April 14, 1992, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer found the lifeless body of Kevin Marble ("Marble") lying face down on the ground in a pool of blood. Investigators found an eight-inch survival knife approximately eight feet from Marble's body. The survival knife's blade, serrated on one side and smooth on the other side, was covered with Marble's blood.

The coroner determined that Marble died...

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