Legal Opinion
Sonner v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1998No. 26485PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
2Per curiam
Appellant Michael Hampton Sonner was convicted of first-degree murder and other offenses and sentenced to death. This court affirmed his judgment of conviction and sentence. Sonner v. State, 112 Nev. 1328, 930 P.2d 707 (1996). Sonner seeks rehearing on a number of issues. We conclude that rehearing is warranted in part, but we reaffirm Sonner’s judgment of conviction and sentence.
FACTS
On the evening of November 30, 1993, Sonner pumped $22.00 worth of gasoline into his vehicle at a truck stop on Interstate 80 twenty-three miles west of Lovelock and drove away without…
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