Fields v. State

*798Cherry, J.,

with whom Saitta, J., agrees, dissenting:

I respectfully dissent from my colleagues in the majority. As a former public defender, special public defender, and a trial judge, I fear that the majority’s reasoning in affirming the murder conviction of appellant emasculates NRS 48.045. I hope that our trial judges in the State of Nevada will continue to follow the general rule that “proof of a distinct independent offense is inadmissible” during a criminal trial, Nester v. State of Nevada, 75 Nev. 41, 46, 334 P.2d 524, 526 (1959), and only permit the introduction of said prior bad act…