Legal Opinion
Higby v. Sheriff of Clark County
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 1970No. 6328PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Mowbray, L:
This appeal is centered about our interpretation of the mandatory language set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 174.035, which was adopted by the Legislature in 1967. The statute prescribes the procedure that the judges of our State shall follow when accepting a defendant’s guilty plea or a plea of nolo contendere. It provides as follows:
“1. A defendant may plead not guilty, guilty or, with the consent of the court, nolo contendere. The court may refuse to accept a plea of guilty, and shall not accept such plea or a plea of nolo contendere without first addressing…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. BallardOhio Supreme Court · 1981
- Wood v. MorrisWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- Bryant v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1986
- State ex rel. LeBlanc v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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