Smith v. State

*35OPINION

By the Court, Shearing, J.;

The facts of this case are set forth in Smith v. State, 110 Nev. 1094, 881 P.2d 649 (1994) (“Smith 7”). On October 6, 1990, police officers for the City of Henderson entered the home of appellant Joseph Weldon Smith (“Smith”) and discovered, in separate bedrooms, the bodies of Judith Cox (“Judith”), Smith’s wife, and Smith’s stepdaughters Kristy Cox (“Kristy”) and Wendy Jean Cox (“Wendy”). On December 11, 1992, Smith was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon and sentenced to death for the murders of Kristy and Wendy.

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