Abram v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

Appellant Steven C. Abram, 21, was charged, tried by a jury and convicted of the first degree murder of Jean Douat, a man in his late sixties. From the judgment and sentence fixing his punishment at life imprisonment, Abram appeals.

1. The facts. On July 24, 1976, appellant became acquainted with Mr. Douat and was hired as a manager-bodyguard at Douat’s apartment complex in Las Vegas. Appellant, his sister JoAnn, and his girlfriend Rosemary, had the previous day arrived in Las Vegas en route from Massachusetts.

The following morning, July 25, appellant was…