Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1977No. 8901PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Zenoff, J.:
Smith shot his ex-wife and her husband at close range with a hunting rifle. No question is raised on appeal as to his guilt. The central issue concerns the constitutionality of NRS 200.030(1) (e) as it relates to the mandatory death penalty of NRS 200.030(5). The offense of “killing more than one person as the result of a single plan, scheme or design” comes within NRS 200.030(5) which prescribes death as the penalty.
Additional claims of error are directed to the method of questioning jurors on the subject of capital punishment and the giving of certain…
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