Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 1974No. 7273PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*256OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

About dawn, July 8, 1972, Las Vegas police answering a silent alarm captured appellant on the roof of Roxy’s Cleaners. Appellant was charged with burglary, and as an habitual criminal because he twice had been convicted of robbery. See: NRS 205.060 and 207.010. Although the jury found appellant guilty of burglary, no transcript existed to show he had counsel when sentenced for one of the prior robberies. Hence, our district court sentenced appellant for burglary without enhancement, to 5 years concurrently with a recent jail sentence for a gross misdemeanor.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. People v. BeagleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Charles M. Luck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
  4. John I. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  5. Crowe v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1968

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Maresca v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Wilkins v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Kazalyn v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Doyle v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Canape v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1993

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