Legal Opinion

Odoms v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1986No. 15626PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

A jury found appellant John Odoms guilty of attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and burglary. The district court adjudged Odoms an habitual criminal. The district court sentenced Odoms to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole: one for the burglary conviction, a second for the attempted murder conviction, and a third as an enhancement for Odoms’ use of a deadly weapon in the commission of the attempted murder. We conclude that the district court erred when, pursuant to NRS 193.165, it sentenced Odoms to a sepa rate life sentence for Odoms’ use of a…

3Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Koza v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Lisby v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1966

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4Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  2. Tanksley v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Nelson v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Burkey v. DeedsDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1993
  5. United States v. William A. DoddsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991

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