Bryant v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

The appellant shot and killed one Bryant Cameron in the Brown Derby in Las Vegas on December 25, 1969. He was charged with murder in violation of NRS 200.010. On December 26, 1969, he surrendered himself to the Las Vegas Police Department voluntarily.

At the preliminary examination the evidence showed that the victim was shot four times, once in the back according to the state’s pathologist, and that those shots caused the victim’s death. It further showed that the shots were fired by the appellant, which fact he admitted during his testimony in his defense. The testimony was in direct…