Carlson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

Carlson was convicted of lewdness with a child under the age of fourteen years (NRS 201.230). His appeal to this court presses several claims of error.

1. The district court gave an instruction that the child victim’s testimony should be received with caution. The circumstances of this case suggested the advisability of such a cautionary instruction (cf. Scott v. State, 72 Nev. 89, 295 P.2d 391 (1956) 1 and it inured to the defendant’s benefit. The appellate complaint is not that the court refused to give a cautionary instruction with respect to the child’s…