Fish v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*274OPINION
By the Court,
Zenoff, J.:
Irwin W. Fish, also known as Bill Fish and Bill Faisch, was convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Abraham Schwartz whose body was discovered in a shallow grave near Las Vegas in September of 1972.
At trial, it was established that Fish and three accomplices, David Miller, Douglas Webb and Benny Shoemaker, conspired in the abduction and execution of Schwartz. The critical evidence produced at trial consisted primarily of the testimony of three witnesses: David Miller (who testified under a grant of immunity from the state), his wife Constance and the…
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