WYMAN v. STATE

No. 50218.

125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 46

CATHERINE WYMAN, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis E. Widdis, Reno; Martin H. Wiener, Reno, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney, and Joseph R. Plater, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, C.J.:

In 2007, a jury convicted appellant Catherine Wyman of second-degree murder for the 1974 killing of her three-year-old adopted son. In this opinion, we address two of the issues that Wyman presents on appeal.

First, we address Wyman's challenge to the district court's denial of her motion to dismiss the complaint based on the pre-indictment delay. After establishing that this court will review a district court...

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