Legal Opinion
Goodson v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1999No. 32701PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant Bob Goodson was convicted of a felony count of driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI). His conviction was enhanced to a felony based in part on a prior misdemeanor DUI conviction which resulted from a trial before a nonlawyer justice of the peace. Goodson contends that that trial violated the spirit of constitutional principles and the resulting conviction was therefore invalid for enhancement purposes.
FACTS
In the early morning on August 2, 1997, Deputy Sheriff Carl W. Cox, Jr., observed a vehicle traveling north on State Route 227 toward Elko. The vehicle crossed…
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