FIELDS v. STATE

No. 50497.

220 P.3d 709 (2009)

John Vernon FIELDS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick B. Lee Jr., Public Defender, and Roger H. Stewart, Deputy Public Defender, Elko County, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, Carson City; Gary D. Woodbury, District Attorney, and Troy C. Jordan, Deputy District Attorney, Elko County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, PICKERING, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder, asserting evidentiary and instructional error and improper argument by the prosecutor. We find no error or abuse of discretion and therefore affirm.

FACTS

A jury convicted John Vernon Fields (Fields) of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection...

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