Legal Opinion

Sturrock v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1979No. 10926, 10927PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*939OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

These are consolidated appeals from felony convictions by jury of two separate counts of possession of stolen property. NRS 205.275. We recognize three issues as meriting discussion. They are: (1) Whether the district court abused its discretion by refusing to accept appellant’s guilty plea; (2) Whether appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel by counsel’s failure to request a preliminary hearing; and (3) Whether the district court erred by not sua sponte remanding the cases to justice’s court for preliminary examinations.

Pursuant to plea…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Felix v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State v. Eighth Judicial District Court of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Lisle v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Sparks v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Schoels v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1998

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