Kazalyn v. State

OPINION

FACTS

At approximately midnight on March 20, 1989, appellant Joseph Robert Kazalyn (Kazalyn) and his bride of one month, Judy Pain Kazalyn, argued on the way home from a dinner party. Kazalyn contends they argued about Mrs. Kazalyn’s use of cocaine and the fact that he threw her cocaine out of the car window. The argument resulted in Mrs. Kazalyn exiting the car on Industrial Road near Las Vegas.

Subsequently, Dennis Sweeney (Sweeney) was driving on Industrial Road when he struck an object lying in the roadway. Sweeney stopped his truck and backed up, discovering that he had hit a woman.…