KASSA v. STATE

No. 76870.

485 P.3d 750 (2021)

137 Nev. Adv. Opn. 16

Abebaw Tesfaye KASSA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED April 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marchese Law Office and Jess R. Marchese , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and David L. Stanton and Charles W. Thoman , Chief Deputy District Attorneys, Clark County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

A jury found appellant Abebaw Tesfaye Kassa guilty but mentally ill on charges of first-degree felony murder and first-degree arson. Kassa contests the validity of his convictions on the basis that the district court misinstructed the jury on voluntary intoxication, and otherwise erred by denying...

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