Jury rules Wayne Burgarello not guilty on all charges including: First degree murder, second degree murder, involuntary murder, voluntary murder, and attempted murder.
Wayne Burgarello's murder trial got underway on Tuesday. He's accused of murdering a man and injuring a woman in a shooting last year in Sparks.
The lawyer for a Sparks man accused of murdering an unarmed trespasser says the 74-year-old's mental impairment makes it impossible to try him without violating his constitutional rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The lawyer for a Sparks man accused of murder in the shooting of an unarmed trespasser says she can't promise Wayne Burgarello will be ready to go to trial next month given the prosecution's continued questioning of his competency.
Prosecutors on Friday asked a state judge for a competency evaluation for a Nevada man who killed an unarmed trespasser in a case that has put the spotlight on Nevada's "stand-your-ground law."
A judge has postponed a decision on whether to further delay Wayne Burgarello's murder trial after his lawyer reported the 73-year-old Sparks man who killed an unarmed trespasser has suffered another stroke.
A judge in Reno will decide whether there's any reason to postpone a trial scheduled to begin in January for a 73-year-old Sparks man charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed trespasser.
The lawyer for a 73-year-old Nevada man charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed trespasser says he's ready to go to trial and anxious to prove he was acting in self-defense.
A lawyer for a 73-year-old Sparks man accused of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed trespasser has waived his preliminary hearing and says they are ready to go to trial to prove he acted in self-defense.