Legal Opinion
McNelton v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 1995No. 25127PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*902OPINION
2Per curiam
Charles McNelton was convicted of first degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon and was sentenced to death pursuant to a jury verdict. At trial, three eyewitnesses who were acquainted with McNelton testified that they saw him approach the victim, Monica Glass, grab the back of her head, point a gun at her forehead, pull the trigger, and walk away as she fell.
McNelton’s only allegations of error at the guilt phase of the trial are: (1) the prosecutor’s failure to provide gender-neutral grounds for the exercise of peremptory challenges when six men and three women had been…
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