Legal Opinion

Holyfield v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1985No. 13967Published

1Opinion of the Court

711 P.2d 834 (1985)

Napolean HOLYFIELD, Jr. and Duane Narvell Townsell, Appellants,

v.

The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

No. 13967.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 20, 1985.

Samuel T. Bull, Reno, for appellants.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Mills Lane, Dist. Atty., Edward B. Horn, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice.

In this consolidated appeal, the central issue is whether police officers may subvert a suspect's constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment of the federal constitution and article 1 section 8 of the Nevada Constitution by bargaining to have a…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Young; Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence · Mowbray.

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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