Haberstroh v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, J.:

On July 21, 1986, Richard Lee Haberstroh abducted a woman from a grocery store parking lot. Haberstroh then took his victim into the desert outside Las Vegas, where he robbed her, sexually assaulted her, and, finally, strangled her. The strangulation caused irreparable brain damage, which ultimately resulted in the woman’s death.

*741A jury found Haberstroh guilty of the murder and sentenced him to death. The jury also convicted Haberstroh of first-degree kidnapping, sexual assault, and robbery, each with the use of a deadly weapon. Haberstroh received four…