Geary v. State

OPINION ON REHEARING

Appellant Melvin Joseph Geary was first convicted of first-degree murder twenty years ago. Geary v. State, 91 Nev. 784, 544 P.2d 417 (1975). Geary was on parole from the sentence imposed in that case when he committed another murder. For this second murder, Geary was convicted of one count of first-degree murder and was sentenced to death. On direct appeal, this court affirmed Geary’s conviction and sentence. Geary v. State, 110 Nev. 261, 871 P.2d 927 (1994). Geary petitioned this court for rehearing, arguing that error occurred at both the guilt and penalty phases of his…