Riggins v. Nevada

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1992-05-18

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*146 Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Scalia joins except as to Part. II-A, dissenting. Petitioner David Edward Riggins killed Paul William Wade by stabbing him 32 times with a knife. He then took cash, drugs, and other items from Wade’s home. A Nevada jury convicted Riggins of first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon and sentenced him to deat…

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