Legal Opinion

Shults v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided September 5, 1980No. 10848PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

On January 3, 1978, a jury found appellant guilty of murder in the first degree. Thereafter, the trial judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole. The evidence is not challenged as insufficient. In this appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred: (1) by allowing admission of testimony of a peace officer as to conversations with appellant’s wife; (2) by admitting evidence of details of a robbery by appellant; (3) by admitting evidence of escapes by appellant; and (4) by admitting hearsay statements of the victim. We affirm.

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Trammel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. United States v. Roland W. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  3. People v. YazumNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
  4. People v. SchaderCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Metz v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1970

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  2. Partin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Leonard v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
  5. Bigpond v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2012

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