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WEGNER v. STATE

No. 33928.

14 P.3d 25 (2000)

Alica Daneen WEGNER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Schieck, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

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

BEFORE MAUPIN, SHEARING and BECKER, JJ.

OPINION

SHEARING, J:

Alica Wegner, a licensed day care operator in Las Vegas, was convicted of first degree murder for the March 1997 death of fourteen-month-old Kierra Harrison. The district court sentenced Wegner to life in prison with the possibility of parole after twenty years. We reverse Wegner's conviction and remand the case for a new trial because of flawed and omitted jury instructions.

FACTS

Kierra Harrison lived...

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