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88 Nev. 539

Walker v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1972

Nevada Supreme Court · decided 1972-10-05

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 1975

4 district · 3 state decisions

Applies NV 200 § 200.030

Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Pope v. Nebraska · Stewart v. Massachusetts

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Decided 1972-10-05

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¶1OPINION

Per Curiam:

¶2By mandate of the United States Supreme Court the judgment of this court rendered May 28, 1969, has been vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed.

¶3In compliance with said mandate, it is

¶4ORDERED that this cause be, and the same is hereby, remanded to the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, to impose the correct punishment under NRS 200.030. Walker v. Nevada, 408 U.S. 935, 92 S.Ct. 2855, 33 L.Ed.2d 750 (1972); Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U.S. 845, 92 S.Ct. 2845, 33 L.Ed.2d 744 (1972); Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972).1

¶5Previous counsel for appellant having been discharged,

¶6*541It is further ordered that the Public Defender of Washoe County is appointed to represent appellant.

¶7 Inasmuch as the decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), is fully retroactive, any prisoner now under the sentence of death, the judgment as to which is final, may file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the district court from which he was sentenced, inviting that court to modify its judgment to provide for the appropriate alternative punishment specified by statute for the crime for which he was sentenced to death.

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