Howard v. Sheriff of Clark County

*151OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

Thomas Cornelius Howard and Barbara Louise Howard were charged with killing Officer Fortye by shooting at and into his body with a firearm. Four witnesses gave testimony at the preliminary hearing: a pathologist, a police patrolman, a taxi driver, and a church organist.

The pathologist stated that the autopsy disclosed three gunshot wounds; two of them superficial, and the third a fatal chest wound. He opined that death occurred within 5 minutes after infliction of the chest wounds and that none of the wounds were self-inflicted.

The taxi driver stated that at…