Hardison v. State

OPINION

Facts

Around 7:30 p.m. on August 21, 1986, at least three individuals — Pete Johnson, his girlfriend Althea Johnson, and Willie “Sweetpea” Lockett — were gathered on Madison Street in Las Vegas. As Althea was talking to Pete, a man carrying a gun approached. Althea recognized the man as “Noochie,” appellant Richard Lee Hardison, whom she had known most of her life. As Hardison approached the group, he commenced shooting and running after Pete. One of the shots penetrated the wall of an apartment and grazed its occupant, O. C. McMurray. Charles Boyd, who was on the porch of his house,…