Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1967No. 5303PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

This is an appeal from the conviction of Edward Mark Harris for the possession of a tear gas weapon in violation of NRS 202.380.

On July 27, 1966 Harris entered a super market in Reno and was observed by store personnel to be shoplifting several cartons of cigarettes. A police officer was summoned. The officer placed him under arrest and searched him. The search produced a tear gas pen. He was convicted for possession of a tear gas device in violation of the statute. This appeal followed. We affirm.

1. As his first assignment of error Harris challenges the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Tot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Presser v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Cases v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Parker v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
  2. State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  3. Hardison v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Jackson v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Quilici v. Village of Morton GroveDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981

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