Barren v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

On the morning of June 18, 1979, Rose Licker Shapiro was found unconscious in her North Las Vegas house trailer, severely beaten about the face and head. Some ten days later, she died in the hospital from her injuries. Police initially made little headway in the investigation of the Shapiro homicide; their identification of the killer came as a result of information supplied by appellant Anthony Barren.

On July 20, 1979, appellant Barren was in the North Las Vegas Jail on unrelated burglary charges which the investigating officer decided did not warrant…