Wills v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding appellant, Edward Francis Wills, Jr., guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. The only issues presented are whether sufficient evidence was presented to the grand jury to support the indictment and whether sufficient evidence was adduced at trial to sustain the conviction.

1. The Facts.

The bodies of two girls were found on the morning of August 15, 1974, on Duck Hill near the intersection of Manzanita and Garnet Way in Carson City. It was established that death had occurred a week to ten days before, in each…