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STATE v. WHITE

No. 62890.

330 P.3d 482 (2014)

The STATE of Nevada, Appellant, v. Troy Richard WHITE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 10, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens and Jonathan E. VanBoskerck , Chief Deputy District Attorneys, and Ryan MacDonald and Michelle Sudano , Deputy District Attorneys, Clark County, for Appellant.

Philip J. Kohn , Public Defender, and Scott L. Coffee and David Lopez-Negrete , Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

By the Court, GIBBONS, C.J.:

In this opinion, we address for the first time whether a person can burglarize his or her own home. We conclude that a person cannot commit burglary of a home when he or she has an absolute right to enter the home.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Troy White and Echo Lucas were married and lived together with five children in a house owned by White. In early June 2012, after having marital...

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