Moore v. State

OPINION

The Reno police discovered the body of Kathleen Kennedy, lying face down in an alley. Kennedy had suffered numerous injuries, but died as a result of a laceration to her face and bleeding inside the skull. A jury convicted the three appellants, Valerie Moore, Eileen Cunningham and James Mayfield, of second degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon, namely a large stone or a tree stump. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the convictions of Moore and Cunningham, and we reverse Mayfield’s conviction.

On the áfternoon of February 27, 1987, Kennedy, the victim, was drinking with…