Legal Opinion
Scott v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided September 12, 1968No. 5514PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Zenoff, J.:
In this case the petitioner, Gregory Scott, contends that he is denied a speedy trial because the State filed only one felony charge against him when the prosecutor had sufficient evidence to formally accuse him of four more. The question is, when an accused is arrested and charged with one crime and at the same time the State has information sufficient to charge him with four more, must the State file all of the charges or may some of them be withheld subject to the direction of the prosecutor?
Scott was arrested and charged with robbing the Mark Twain Motel. He…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Howard Ross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Norbert D. Terlikowski v. United States of America, James Slawek v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Antonio Torres SanchezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. PolskyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- State v. WilbanksIdaho Supreme Court · 1973
- Carson v. Sheriff, Clark CountyNevada Supreme Court · 1971
- Stone v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1969
- DuFrane v. Sheriff, Washoe CountyNevada Supreme Court · 1972