Legal Opinion
Byford v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 2000No. 32207PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Shearing, J.:
In 1992, the State charged appellant Robert Royce Byford and two codefendants, Christopher Garth Williams and Todd Smith, with the murder of Monica Wilkins. Smith later pleaded guilty to one count of accessory to murder and agreed to testify against Byford and Williams. In 1994, Byford and Williams were found guilty by a jury and sentenced to death, but this court reversed their convictions and remanded for retrial due to violation of their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Murray v. State, 113 Nev. 11, 930 P.2d 121 (1997).
After retrial, Byford and…
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