Legal Opinion

Plunkett v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1968No. 5397PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

This appeal by Wayne Harrison Plunkett is from a conviction of the primary offense of first degree burglary and the judgment and sentence thereafter pronounced adjudicating him to be an habitual criminal. The sufficiency of the evidence to support conviction of the primary offense is not questioned. However, he does assert that the trial court erred when it allowed the prosecutor to cross-examine him about prior felonies, and where he had first met his codefendant Lentz. Furthermore, he claims that the proof of habitual criminality submitted by the state at…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  2. State v. OwenIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
  3. People v. TerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  4. State v. WilliamsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Hollander v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. McGuire v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1984
  2. State v. HillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
  3. Jacobs v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Shults v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Givens v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1983

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