Friday, July 23, 2010 | 11:13 a.m.
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court says death row inmate Rodney Emil waited too long to file his instant appeal.
The court said Emil failed to show a “fundamental miscarriage of justice” in his conviction and death penalty. He was sentenced to death in 1988 for the killing of his stepfather, Charles Howard Emil, in Las Vegas.
Emil, now 49, had two prior unsuccessful appeals to the Supreme Court, the latest one more than six years ago. “Thus, the instant petition is untimely,” the court said.
Emil reportedly killed his stepfather for his mother and for half of the life insurance policy.
He is also serving a life term without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of Ross Tolley in 1983, also in Las Vegas.
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