Theriault v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

A jury found Claude Theriault guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. He has appealed from his judgment of conviction, asserting numerous assignments of error, which we reject as meritless. We therefore affirm the judgment.

1. During the evening of December 18, 1971, Eugene and Mary Carone were brutally murdered in their room at the Westward Ho Motel in Las Vegas. The victims had. been stabbed repeatedly. Both expired from deep chest wounds. Police investigation revealed that Mrs. Carone’s wedding ring was missing. Later investigation revealed that Lloyd…