Dotson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, J.:

On December 8, 1962 defendant and two other men were arrested in the men’s room of a bar in Reno while they were holding a fourth man on the floor, striking him and ostensibly robbing him. Defendant was taken to the alley and searched, and during the search a switchblade knife was found in his overcoat pocket. Defendant was first charged with disorderly conduct. This charge was dismissed. Defendant was then charged with carrying a concealed weapon and, under NRS 207.010, with being an habitual criminal, in that he had been three times convicted elsewhere of…