Bushnell v. State

*571OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, Sr. J.:1

Richard Bushnell and Michael Sloan were charged with the robbery of a beauty salon in Reno on November 4, 1976. Sloan entered a plea of guilty and Bushnell subsequently was found guilty at a jury trial at which Sloan testified on behalf of the State that Bushnell was an equal participant in the robbery.

After Bushnell’s trial, Sloan recanted his testimony claiming that he had been motivated to testify falsely against Bushnell. According to Sloan, he had been badly treated while in a Texas *572prison for an earlier crime, and hoped for favorable treatment from…