Legal Opinion
Leonard v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided August 12, 1998No. 29568PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*644OPINION
By the Court, Shearing, J.:
In October 1987, while incarcerated in prison, appellant William Bryon Leonard stabbed to death a fellow inmate. A jury trial was held in August 1989, and Leonard was convicted of first-degree murder and other crimes and sentenced to death. This court affirmed his conviction and sentence. Leonard v. State, 108 Nev. 79, 824 P.2d 287, cert. denied, 505 U.S. 1224 (1992). In September 1992, Leonard filed a petition for post-conviction relief, pursuant to former NRS 177.315,1 alleging numerous *645instances of ineffective assistance by his trial and appellate counsel.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- O'Dell v. NetherlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Petrocelli v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1985
- Bernard Lee Hamilton v. Daniel Vasquez, Warden of San Quentin the Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by8 opinions
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