During the course of the investigation, officers contacted Kopack's neighbors for additional clues. The investigating officers initially believed that Jason had been mortally wounded with a crowbar or blunt instrument and began searching the premises for such an implement. The Lyon County Sheriff's office investigation of the crime scene indicated no signs of a struggle, but the victim's body revealed an oval-shaped wound in the back of the left shoulder. On the morning of February 23, 1993, fifteen-year-old Jason Kopack was murdered in Lyon County, Nevada. Concluding that Simmons' contentions are without merit, we affirm. Estes, District Attorney, and Keith Loomis, Special Deputy District Attorney, Lyon County, for Respondent.Īppellant Brian Simmons, a friend and high school classmate of murder victim Jason Kopack, challenges his jury convictions of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon, burglary, and possession of an explosive device, on Fourth and Sixth Amendment grounds, and also contends that his new trial motion should have been granted because the State suppressed evidence favorable to his defense. Haines, Carson City, for Appellant.įrankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City Robert E.
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