Legal Opinion
State, Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety v. Tilp
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1991No. 21435PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
THE FACTS
On January 30, 1989, at approximately five o’clock in the afternoon, a police officer named Tracy McDonald was asked to investigate a motor vehicle accident that occurred near Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada. As Officer McDonald approached the accident scene, he met a Clark County fireman named Joe Plank who was attending a separate and unrelated accident in the vicinity. Fireman Plank told Officer McDonald that he and two individuals had stopped a pickup truck after the truck collided with an automobile.
Officer McDonald then proceeded to a nearby restaurant where he met…
3Cases cited5 opinions
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- State v. HallNevada Supreme Court · 1989
- State, Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety v. McLeodNevada Supreme Court · 1990
- State, Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety v. ClementsNevada Supreme Court · 1990
4Cited by2 opinions
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