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VANISI v. STATE

No. 35249.

22 P.3d 1164 (2001)

Siaosi VANISI, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Specchio, Public Defender, and John Reese Petty, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Washoe County, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney, and Terrence P. McCarthy, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

SHEARING, J.

The State charged appellant Siaosi Vanisi with the first-degree murder of George Sullivan, a police sergeant at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and four other felonies. Vanisi's first trial ended in a mistrial. At the second trial, the jury found Vanisi guilty of all five offenses and imposed a death sentence for the murder.

The primary issue on appeal is Vanisi's claim that the district court erred in denying his...

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