OCHOA v. STATE

No. 31819.

981 P.2d 1201 (1999)

Arturo Torres OCHOA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, Robert L. Miller and Willard N. Ewing, Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, James Tufteland and Eric G. Jorgenson, Chief Deputy District Attorneys, Clark County, for respondent.

BEFORE: MAUPIN, AGOSTI and BECKER, JJ.


OPINION

BECKER, J.

Appellant Arturo Torres Ochoa (Ochoa) shot and killed Luis Ortiz (Ortiz). One of the shots intended for Ortiz struck a bystander, Ricky Smith (Smith). Ochoa appeals his conviction contending that the trial court erred by: (1) applying the doctrine of transferred intent to the charge of attempted murder involving Smith; (2) allowing testimony regarding Ochoa's prior drug transactions with Keith Harriman (Harriman) and Ortiz; and...

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