State v. Petty
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John 8. Orr, Judge. C. C. Petty was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John 8. Orr, Judge. C. C. Petty was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The remark of the assistant district attorney was as follows: "But I do object to his stating a conversation that occurred three or four days ago in the jail down here just before this trial commenced, as it is highly improper, and may be, and no doubt is, and was, manufactured for the doctor’s benefit” made before the jury in the course of the trial. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, C. J.:
On the 9th day of March, 1909, upon a public street in the Town of Sparks, Washoe County, defendant killed his wife, May Petty, by shooting her five times with a pistol. He was indicted for this' uxoricide, and upon trial a verdict was returned of murder in the first degree, with punishment fixed at death. Judgment was entered in accordance with the verdict. From the judgment and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, defendant has appealed.
Upon the trial defendant relied upon the defense of sadistic insanity. In support of this defense, the…
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