JACKSON v. STATE

Nos. 53632, 55086.

291 P.3d 1274 (2012)

Adrian JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent. Steve Garcia, Appellant, v. The State of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn , Public Defender, and P. David Westbrook , Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant Jackson.

Karla K. Butko , Verdi, for Appellant Garcia.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven Wolfson , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Nancy A. Becker , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent in Docket No. 53632.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick , District Attorney, and Terrence P. McCarthy , Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent in Docket No. 55086.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, PICKERING, J.:

A single act can violate more than one criminal statute. When it does, the question arises whether the defendant can, in a single trial, be prosecuted and punished cumulatively for that act. These appeals present specific applications of that question: When the elements of both crimes are met, can a defendant who shoots and hits but fails to kill his victim be convicted of and punished for both attempted murder...

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