Nevada Supreme Court· 9/3/1992

Guy v. State

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839 P.2d 578
108 Nev. 770
1992 Nev. LEXIS 149

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recognizing that a prosecutor may not make statements of fact that exceed the scope of the record
holding that the jury should not have been given a flight instruction where, “[g]iven appellant’s criminal proclivities, there are numerous possibilities as to why he fled from the police on April 20, 1990.”
holding that use of \guilt or innocence\ language was \appropriate and necessary\ because it instructs the jury to ignore the culpability of other suspects or partners in the criminal acts when deciding whether the appellant is guilty as charged
reasoning that a prosecutor’s invocation of authority through supposedly greater experience and knowledge invites undue jury reliance upon his personal conclusions
finding the same jury instruction appropriate where an accomplice participated in the crimes that led to the defendant's murder conviction
finding the same jury instruction appropriate where an accomplice participated in the crimes that led to the defendant's murder conviction

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Judges: Mowbray, Springer, Rose, Steffen, Young

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