Legal Opinion
Lord v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1991No. 20660PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*31OPINION
By the Court,
Rose, J.:
A jury convicted appellant Thomas Russell Lord (Lord) of three crimes: first degree murder, robbery with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery and/or murder. The jury sentenced Lord to death. For reasons set forth below, we affirm the convictions and prison sentences therefor, but set aside the sentence of death and remand for a new penalty hearing.
FACTS
Lord and co-defendant Donald James McDougal (McDougal) were charged with the three crimes stated above. McDougal was tried first, found guilty of all three crimes, and sentenced to life with the…
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