Thompson v. State

451 P.2d 704 (1969)

Tommy THOMPSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

No. 5616.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 11, 1969.

James D. Santini, Public Defender, and Robert N. Peccole, Asst. Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., George E. Holt and George H. Spizzirri, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether counsel is required to be present when a suspect who is in police custody is identified from a group of pictures at a police…