Maresca v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, C. J.:

In February or March of 1981, appellant and his girlfriend moved to Nevada from Florida. On May 18, 1981, appellant applied for a job at the Airbase Inn, near the Stead Air Force Base outside Reno. Two days later he once again visited the Airbase Inn in the late evening. The following morning, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the police were dispatched to the Air base Inn to investigate a shooting. The victims, owners of the Airbase Inn, were Vivian and Dean Grady.

When the police arrived Vivian Grady was dead, and Dean Grady was seriously wounded, both having…