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SANCHEZ-DOMINGUEZ v. STATE

No. 58345.

318 P.3d 1068 (2014)

David SANCHEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Cornell , Reno, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto , 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

By the Court, PICKERING, J.:

First-degree felony murder occurs when a murder is "[c]ommitted in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of" certain felonies, including burglary. NRS 200.030(1)(b). In this appeal, we address the meaning of "in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of" a burglary, specifically, whether a killing must be caused by, and occur at the exact moment of, a burglar's entry into a protected structure. Because...

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