WALCH v. STATE

No. 25824.

909 P.2d 1184 (1996)

Anne Robin WALCH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Jackson, State Public Defender, and Robert E. West, Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Noel S. Waters, District Attorney, and Egan K. Walker and Anne E. Langer, Deputy District Attorneys, Carson City, for Respondent.


OPINION

ROSE, Justice:

Nell Laird (Nell), an elderly woman, gave a durable power of attorney to appellant Anne Robin Walch. In handling Nell's financial affairs, Walch opened two joint accounts in her and Nell's names into which she placed the bulk of Nell's funds. Walch wrote a number of checks on these two accounts which she spent for her and her family's benefit. She also deposited some of Nell's funds directly in her own account and cashed checks...

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