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NEWELL v. STATE

No. 66552.

364 P.3d 602 (2015)

Patrick NEWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn , Public Defender, and Howard Brooks and Scott L. Coffee , Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Appellant.

Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens and Jonathan VanBoskerck , Chief Deputy District Attorneys, and Ryan J. MacDonald , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before SAITTA, GIBBONS and PICKERING, JJ.

OPINION

The plain language of NRS 200.160 states that homicide is justified in response to a reasonable apprehension of the commission of a felony or in the actual resistance of an attempted felony, but it does not specify the type of felony. This opinion addresses whether there is any limitation as to...

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