Legal Opinion

McKee v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided May 30, 1996No. 26675PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of one count of possession of a controlled substance, and one count of trafficking in a controlled substance-level III. On appeal, appellant Rockwood Lee McKee (McKee) contends that the evidence discovered during the search of the vehicle he was driving should be suppressed since the search was conducted without probable cause, and that he is entitled to a new trial since the prosecutor engaged in misconduct. We hold that McKee lacks standing to challenge the validity of the search. We also hold that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct…

3Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. United States v. Anthony Ray Jefferson and Roosevelt Jefferson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  4. Daniel L. Bruno v. Ruth L. Rushen, Director, California Department of Corrections, and Paul J. Morris, Warden, California State Prison at FolsomCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  5. Rowbottom v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1989

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4Cited by16 opinions

  1. Collman v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Butler v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Lobato v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Mortensen v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Jezdik v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2005

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