HARKINS v. STATE

No. 45024.

143 P.3d 706 (2006)

Jerry HARKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy T. Bosler, Public Defender, and Cheryl D. Bond, Deputy Public Defender, Washoe County, for Appellant.

George Chanos, Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney, and Terrence P. McCarthy, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

Before DOUGLAS, BECKER and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.


OPINION

BECKER, J.

Appellant Jerry Harkins shot Miles Deriso in the early morning of December 1, 2003. Deriso died shortly thereafter. A jury found Harkins guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a firearm. The district court sentenced Harkins to serve two consecutive terms of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after twenty years has been served in each term.

Harkins raises two primary arguments on appeal. First, he argues...

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