Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 9:48 a.m.
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Allen S. Heusner, convicted of first-degree murder in the baseball bat slaying of a man who was having sex with his estranged wife.
The court also upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Clarence Alvin Gamble, found guilty in the fatal shooting of his longtime girlfriend.
Both men were sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years, plus equal consecutive life terms for use of a deadly weapon.
Heusner and his wife, Tiffany, were getting a divorce. When he saw an unfamiliar car in the driveway, he became angry and went to Wal-Mart to buy a baseball bat.
He returned to the home and used the bat to break through the glass door, hoping to catch his wife and Michael Clark having sex. He then used the bat to beat Clark to death.
The court said, “We conclude that the state presented sufficient evidence to prove that Heusner entered the house with the intent to commit assault, battery or murder.”
In the other case, Gamble and Debra Redmond were involved in an extramarital relationship for about 20 years. He had also helped her buy a home. But they had an argument and Redmond left for Texas.
While she was out of Las Vegas, Gamble found paperwork from a mortgage company showing she had taken out a second mortgage without telling him.
When Redmond returned from Texas, he went to her home and a fight broke out, during which he retrieved a gun. Redmond started running away from Gamble and she was screaming.
He followed and shot her four times. A witness at trial testified he saw Gamble try to place the gun in Redmond’s hand after the shooting.
The court said, “We conclude that the state presented overwhelming evidence to support Gamble’s first-degree murder conviction.”
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