Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 1985No. 12844PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
A jury found Robert Jones guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to death. Jones challenges both the conviction and the imposition of the death sentence in this appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the conviction but set aside the death sentence and remand for a new penalty hearing.
THE FACTS
In the early morning hours of September 29, 1978 an argument erupted in the Chy Inn Bar between Jones and Rayfield Brown. Another bar patron, Bobby Lee Robinson, testified that he tried to put an end to the argument by buying everybody a drink. Jones picked up the bottle of…
3Cases cited29 opinions
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