State v. Mircovich
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Nye County; Mark R. Averill, Judge. Andriza Mircovich was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Nye County; Mark R. Averill, Judge. Andriza Mircovich was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The district attorney, in his zeal for a conviction, in his closing address went outside the evidence and referred to a crime committed in Goldfield, saying: "Why, gentlemen of the jury, if you cannot pronounce by your verdict the death penalty upon this defendant, I say, let’s resurrect old Casey and let him live again.” Such statement was seriously prejudicial to defendant’s legal rights and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, C. J.:
Defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree under an indictment charging him with the killing of John Gregovich by stabbing with a knife at Tonopah on the 14th day of May, 1912. Upon the trial the case was submitted to the jury upon the evidence introduced on the part of the state.
[1] Two errors are assigned as grounds for reversal of the judgment. It is contended that the court erred in admitting certain statements and admissions in the nature of a confession made by defendant to certain officers in Nye County shortly after the assault and…
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