STATE v. SORENSON

No. 3957.

315 P.2d 508 (1957)

The STATE of Nevada, Appellant, v. Harold SORENSON, and Beauford Johnson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, of Carson City, and Wayne O. Jeppson, District Attorney, Lyon County, for Appellant.

John Squire Drendel, and William O. Bradley, both of Reno, for Respondents.


EATHER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the state from an order granting the respondents a new trial after they had been found guilty by a jury of grand larceny. Such new trial was granted on account of asserted misconduct in permitting to be exhibited to the jury a pair of chalk-stained shoes which had not been admitted in evidence. The appeal is based on the contention that the granting of a new trial was an abuse of the trial court's discretion. We have concluded...

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