Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002 | 11:02 a.m.
Perry pleads guilty in Palomino killing
A 55-year-old Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to shooting a strip club manager to death nearly two years ago.
As a result of his plea agreement, Jack Perry will serve a life sentence with parole possible after 10 years in the death of Kenneth R. Rowan, 53. He will serve a consecutive sentence of four to 10 years on an attempted robbery charge.
Paramedics were called to the Palomino Club in the 1800 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North about 3:30 a.m. Dec. 27, 2000, to treat a victim of a fall. But when they treated Rowan, they found that he had been shot in the stomach, police said.
Perry is the son of the owners of the Palomino Club and authorities believe Perry and Rowan may have argued over the possibility of Rowan buying the club.
Perry pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, but pleaded the equivalent of no contest to the attempted robbery charge.
Boy, 10, killed on bicycle
A 10-year-old bicyclist was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a car while trying to cross three lanes of traffic on Desert Inn Road east of Mojave Road, Metro Police said.
Philip Hicks of Las Vegas was taken to the University Medical Center Trauma Center, where he died.
Police said witnesses and evidence at the scene showed that two cars braked and avoided the boy. A third driver braked, but could not avoid a collision.
The child struck the hood of a 1996 Pontiac Firebird, then fell onto the pavement, police said.
Hearing called in death of child
The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday called for an evidentiary hearing in the case of a man convicted of shaking his 10-month-old daughter until she was dead and then burning her body.
The high court overturned a lower court judge in granting part of an appeal filed by James Meegan, sentenced in Las Vegas to life in prison for killing his daughter in October 1990 and then burning her body at a remote site near Prescott, Ariz.
Prosecutors pressed for the no-parole life sentence after initially indicating they'd seek the death penalty.
The girl's disappearance remained a secret until a family friend went to police in early 1996. Meegan was convicted later that year.
Meegan's wife, Lillian, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for felony child abuse in the death of their daughter, Francine.
Williams appeal goes to high court
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to look at the case of Jessica Williams, whose vehicle struck and killed six teenagers on Interstate 15 two years ago.
Defense attorney John Watkins has filed a writ with the nation's high court arguing that the law under which Williams was convicted is unconstitutional and the blood taken from her was stored improperly.
Deputy District Attorney Bruce Nelson said he doubts the Supreme Court will look at the case, let alone overturn Williams' conviction.
Williams was sentenced to 18 to 48 years in prison after being convicted of driving under the influence of a prohibited substance, in this case marijuana.
Watkins says the prohibited substance law is unconstitutional because it punishes people with low levels of marijuana in their system despite the fact that scientific studies have shown no correlation between the drug and bad driving.
The Nevada Supreme Court rejected Watkins' arguments in August.
Gibbons joins House-Senate panel
Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., has been selected to serve on a panel of House and Senate negotiators who will finalize the details of the nation's secret intelligence budget for next year.
Lawmakers, behind schedule, are scrambling to reach agreements on spending bills for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Gibbons sits on the House Intelligence Committee, and panel chairman Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., asked Gibbons to sit on the panel that will hammer out differences between House and Senate versions of a bill that authorizes intelligence spending.
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