Nevada Supreme Court· 12/9/1998

Leonard v. State

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969 P.2d 288
114 Nev. 1196
1998 Nev. LEXIS 141

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holding that the evidence of guilt was sufficient, the prosecutorial and other errors were harmless, and defendant’s crimes were serious, so there was no cumulative error warranting reversal of conviction
holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in giving a jury instruction that was a correct statement of the law
concluding that the use of allegedly archaic statutory language in the malice instruction did not deprive defendant of a fair trial
holding that a defendant was not deprived of his right to a fair trial when the district court admonished defense counsel to quit wasting time by individually greeting each juror during jury selection
holding that a defendant was not deprived of his right to a fair trial when the district court admonished defense counsel to quit wasting time by individually greeting each juror during jury selection
concluding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by not removing jurors who had incidental contact with a witness because the contact did not prejudice the defendant in the context of a motion for a mistrial

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Judges: Per Curiam

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