MEEGAN v. STATE

Nos. 29511, 29739.

968 P.2d 292 (1998)

James MEEGAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent. James Francis MEEGAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing February 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Shieck, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, and Christopher Laurent, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Vickie J. Monroe, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


OPINION

SHEARING, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of first-degree murder pursuant to a jury verdict which resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for Appellant James Francis Meegan and an appeal from the district court's order denying appellant's motion for a new trial. This court consolidated the two appeals. NRAP 3(b).

Meegan's ten-month-old daughter, Francine, died. After she died, Meegan and...

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