Carter v. State

OPINION

By the Court, Maupin, J.:

In this opinion, we examine the extent to which a defendant in a criminal case is entitled to have the trial jury instructed upon his theory of the case. This examination implicates our recent decision in Crawford v. State 1 and requires us to revisit this court’s decision in Honeycutt v. State. 2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case involves the State’s prosecution of appellant Anthony Carter on charges of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault.

The victim alleged that Carter sexually assaulted her at his apartment in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carter, in an…