CANADA v. STATE

Nos. 27438, 27439.

944 P.2d 781 (1997)

Claudia Lynn CANADA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent. Gary Wayne SCHERER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. Oram, Las Vegas, for Appellant Canada.

Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, for Appellant Scherer.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, and James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Clark A. Peterson, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Claudia Canada, Gary Scherer, and Ann Schuck were arrested on the charges of conspiracy to murder Harold Dice Goodwine, burglary of Goodwine's apartment, robbery of Goodwine, who was sixty-nine years old, and the murder of Goodwine with a deadly weapon. On the eve of trial, Schuck pleaded guilty to second degree murder in exchange for her testimony against Canada and Scherer. Schuck claimed that Scherer solicited her to help Canada...

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