Legal Opinion
Rippo v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1997No. 28865PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
A jury convicted appellant Michael Damon Rippo of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of robbery, and one count of unauthorized use of a credit card. Rippo received two sentences of death for the first-degree murder convictions. Rippo raises numerous issues on appeal. We conclude that Rippo was fairly tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.
FACTS
On February 20, 1992, the apartment manager of the Katie Arms Apartment Complex in Las Vegas discovered the bodies of Denise Lizzi and Lauri Jacobson in Jacobson’s apartment. Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department…
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