Pineda v. State

88 P.3d 827 (2004)

Ray PINEDA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

No. 36931.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 4, 2004.

Charles C. Diaz, Reno, for Appellant.

Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney, and Joseph R. Plater III, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.[1]

OPINION

MAUPIN, J.

Appellant, Ray Pineda, was tried below before a jury and found guilty of second-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon. The district court thereafter sentenced Pineda to serve two consecutive terms of life imprisonment with…