State v. Helm

OPINION

By the Court,

Hatton, District Judge:

Clifford Duane Helm, the defendant below, is the appellant here. He will be referred to herein as the defendant.

The defendant was charged with the murder of one Frank Ferroni, Jr., also known as John Beasley, in an Information filed by the district attorney of Clark County, Nevada, on March 27, 1947, to which he, on April 16, 1947, entered his plea of not guilty. On June 2, 1947, the impaneling of the jury began, the information was read to the prospective jurors, and the impaneling proceeded to the point where the state and the defendant entered…