Legal Opinion
McKenna v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 1985No. 14564PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
On August 30, 1982, Patrick Charles McKenna was convicted of the first degree murder of a fellow inmate in the Clark County jail, for which he was sentenced to death. 1 Having reviewed the record on appeal, we conclude that appellant’s assignments of error are without merit and we, therefore, affirm his conviction and sentence.
FACTS
The body of 20 year old Jack Nobles, serving a sentence for burglary, was discovered in cell 4A2 of the Clark County jail at approximately 7:25 a.m. on January 6, 1979. A medical expert stated that asphyxia from ligature strangulation was the cause of death.…
3Cases cited33 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pulley v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hovey v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
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4Cited by32 opinions
- McKenna v. NevadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- John Espiredion Valerio v. Jackie Crawford, Director of the Department of Prisons E.K. McDaniel WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Leonard v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2001
- Collier v. State of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 1985
- Nunnery v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2011
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