Cutler v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, C. J.:

Appellant challenges his conviction for first degree murder. On June 11, 1974, Terry Lee Cutler was discharged from the Army at Fort Riley, Kansas. During the discharge process Cutler met Michael Bowman and the two decided to hitchhike to Ely, Nevada. Ten days later they reached Ely and met April Boettcher, Dianna McCaslin and Dale Robert Kaze.

The five partied for a few days and on July 1, 1974, found themselves at the Kaze trailer. Upon information from Kaze’s sister-in-law that two runaway girls were in the trailer, a juvenile probation officer was…