Doyle v. State

OPINION

At approximately 11:15 p.m. on March 21, 1985, the manager of the apartment complex at 2592 Sherwood Street, Las Vegas, discovered the partially clad body of Lois McNally in the alley behind the complex. McNally, a local prostitute, had suffered over seventy stab wounds and her body had been dumped in the alley. An autopsy confirmed that death resulted from the stab wounds.

Fire Department paramedics, who were the first officials to arrive at the scene, discovered a large black wallet lying next to McNally’s body. When police inventoried the wallet’s contents they found a Utah driver’s…