LIBBY v. STATE

No. 21271.

934 P.2d 220 (1997)

Roger A. LIBBY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. McGuire, State Public Defender, Timothy P. O'Toole, Deputy, Janet S. Bessemer, Deputy, and James P. Logan, Deputy, Carson City, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Stuart J. Newman, Deputy, and Robert E. Wieland, Deputy, Carson City, for Respondent.

Michael Pescetta, Las Vegas, for amicus curiae Nevada Appellate and Postconviction Project.

Laura Wightman FitzSimmons, Las Vegas, for amicus curiae Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.

Kenneth C. Cory, Las Vegas, for amicus curiae Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On September 22, 1988, the bodies of Charles Beatty ("Beatty") and James Robertson ("Robertson") were found in the desert. Beatty's body was discovered in a trash can, while Robertson's decomposing corpse lay in a ravine wrapped in a blanket. Both victims were shot in the back of the head. Libby v. State, 109 Nev. 905, 908, 859 P.2d 1050, 1052 (1993) vacated, Libby v. Nevada, ___...

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