Skinner v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Collins, J.:

Appellant Charles Edward Skinner was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for the unlawful killing of Roosevelt Wright in Las Vegas, Nevada. He appeals from the conviction and from denial of a writ of habeas corpus. We find no merit to either appeal and sustain the conviction.

On April 29, 1966, Skinner and Wright entered Bruce’s Liquor Store in Las Vegas, Nevada, with three other men. Skinner and Wright there engaged in intermittent argument. The two men departed from the store. Two shots were heard and Wright stumbled back into the store, followed by…