Dorsey v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, C. J.:

A jury found Michael Dewayne Dorsey guilty of arson. NRS 205.010. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the Nevada State Penitentiary.

Appellant specifies a number of errors: (1) hearsay evidence was improperly introduced; (2) evidence of prior bad acts was improperly introduced; (3) possibly exculpatory evidence of other arsons in the area was excluded; (4) the verdict is not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree and affirm.

THE FACTS

Late in the evening of November 25, 1977, a molotov cocktail type device was thrown against the home of Cleveland Powe.…