ATKINS v. STATE

No. 27169.

923 P.2d 1119 (1996)

Sterling Mark ATKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Manos & Associates and Laura L. Melia, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart Bell, District Attorney and James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Christopher J. Owens, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


OPINION

SHEARING, Justice:

On January 16, 1994, the nude body of twenty-year-old Ebony Mason was discovered twenty-five feet from the road in an unimproved desert area of Clark County. The woman's body was found lying face down with hands extended overhead to a point on the ground where it appeared that some digging had occurred. A four-inch twig protruded from the victim's rectum. Three distinct types of footwear impressions were observed in the...

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