Melchor-Gloria v. State

OPINION

The instant appeal arises out of appellant Fernando Melchor-Gloria’s conviction of second-degree murder. The issues presented on appeal concern procedural aspects of appellant’s trial; accordingly, the factual setting of the crime underlying this appeal is set forth in brief detail. The victim’s body was discovered in appellant’s hotel room in Reno, Nevada, on the morning of July 27, 1979. The cause of death was a stab wound in the neck. Shortly thereafter, appellant was arrested at the apartment of a friend. At the time of arrest police recovered a knife which had been in appellant’s…