Riker v. State

*1318OPINION

By the Court,

Young, J.:

FACTS

On April 14, 1992, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer found the lifeless body of Kevin Marble (“Marble”) lying face down on the ground in a pool of blood. Investigators found an eight-inch survival knife approximately eight feet from Marble’s body. The survival knife’s blade, serrated on one side and smooth on the other side, was covered with Marble’s blood.

The coroner determined that Marble died from two stab wounds. The first stab wound in Marble’s chest was four and one-half inches long and four to five inches deep. The chest wound penetrated…