LaPena v. State

643 P.2d 244 (1982)

Frank Ralph LaPENA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

No. 10009.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 13, 1982.

Wiener, Goldwater, Waldman & Gordon, Ltd., Richard A. Wright, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Richard Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

Frank LaPena has appealed from convictions of robbery and first degree murder. The convictions are reversed because the prosecution's case depended substantially upon out-of-court statements and preliminary examination testimony obtained from a purported…