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9 Nev. L.J. 672 (2008-2009)
Murder Felony is Felony Murder: How the Nevada Supreme Court's Decision in Nay v. State Reflects the Growing Misconception Surrounding Afterthought Robbery

handle is hein.journals/nevlj9 and id is 688 raw text is: MURDER FELONY Is FELONY MURDER: HOW THE NEVADA SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN NAY V. STATE REFLECTS THE GROWING MISCONCEPTION SURROUNDING AFTERTHOUGHT ROBBERY Joshua P. Gilmore* I. INTRODUCTION ................................. ............ 673 II. CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.... 677 A. The Interstate Battle between the Minority and Majority View ............................................ 677 B. The Minority View ................................. 680 C. The Majority View ................................. 681 1. General Principles ............................. 681 2. Underlying Similarities with the Minority View ....... .682 D. The Law in Nevada prior to Nay v. State .............. 683 1. Early Use of the Res Gestae Approach by the Nevada Supreme Court in the Context of Felony Murder ...... 683 2. Robbery ..................................... 684 3. A Former, Indirect Approach to Afterthought Robbery by the Nevada Supreme Court .............. 685 III. THE PRINCIPAL CASE: NAY v. STATE ........................ 686 A. Factual Background ................................ 686 B. Procedural History ................................ 687 C. On Appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court ............... 688 IV. ANALYSIS .................................................. 690 A. The Nevada Supreme Court Erred in Rejecting the Minority View-The Better Approach in the Context of Murder-Robbery .... ............................... 690 1. The Court's Decision Imposes a New Burden on the State Not Found in the Felony Murder Statute or State Precedent .................................... 690 2. Res Gestae Embraces Afterthought Robbery and Warrants Having Affirmed, not Reversed, Nay's Conviction for First-Degree Murder ................ 693 * Articles Editor, Nevada Law Journal. Candidate for J.D. May 2009, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 672

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