Singleton v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

Appellant George D. Singleton was convicted of the killing of Carl Arthur Benson in Las Vegas and was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

The volume of proof of his complicity was abundant. His defense was based almost entirely on that of insanity. The jury, however, accepted the expert testimony that Singleton knew the difference between right and wrong when he committed the killing.

The issues raised on appeal deal not with the weight of the evidence but with certain purported errors.

1. One question concerns the privilege of the…