Burns v. State

*803OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, C. J.:

This case grows out of a riot at the Maximum Security Prison in Carson City. Appellants Lovell and Kimmel were each convicted of two counts of first degree murder and six counts of attempted murder. Appellant Burns was convicted of one count of battery with use of a deadly weapon. Burns, Kim-mel, and Lovell appeal their convictions, alleging numerous errors in the conduct of the trial, which we reject. We therefore affirm.

THE FACTS

On September 27, 1976, there was an altercation between white and black prisoners. Evidence presented at trial showed that racial…