Legal Opinion

Fournier v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 1979No. 11569PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, C. J.:

Paul Henry Fournier was found guilty of burglary. He seeks *592reversal of his judgment of conviction on two grounds: that there was insufficient evidence adduced at his trial to support the charge, and that the trial court erred in admitting appellant’s prior felony convictions during the enhanced penalty hearing. We affirm.

1. The Evidence of the Burglary.

During the early morning hours of May 18, 1978, an officer of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department while on patrol observed a person in a closed service station beating on a cigarette machine. The officer…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Hamlet v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Baymon v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Burns v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1972

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cohen v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1981

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