Santillanes v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, C. J.:

This case has previously come before this court on appeal. The facts are reported in Santillanes v. State, 102 Nev. 48, 714 P.2d 184 (1986). In Santillanes, we concluded that “the admission of Santillanes’ failure to take [a] polygraph test and the prosecutor’s comments thereon constituted prejudicial error.” Id. at 51, 714 P.2d at 187 (footnote omitted). We therefore reversed the prior judgment of the district court and remanded the case for a new trial. Id. On remand, a jury once again convicted Santillanes of first degree murder with the use of a deadly…