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SMITH v. STATE

No. 24213.

881 P.2d 649 (1994)

Joseph Weldon SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender and Stephen J. Dahl, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Dist. Atty., James Tufteland, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., and Ronald C. Bloxham, Deputy Dist. Atty., Clark County, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On December 11, 1992, appellant Joseph Weldon Smith was convicted, pursuant to a jury trial, of three counts of first degree murder with use of a deadly weapon for killing his wife, Judith Smith, and Judith's daughters, Wendy Jean Cox and Kristy Cox. All three victims had been struck by a blunt object, which the state alleged was a hammer, and then manually strangled. Smith was also convicted of attempted murder with use of a deadly...

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