Legal Opinion

Eckert v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1980No. 10583PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

Edward Donald Eckert appeals from four felony convictions *98for first-degree kidnaping, a robbery and an extortion, each perpetrated with the use of a deadly weapon. There are several assignments of error; however, only the following claims warrant our consideration. They are: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in disallowing proffered alibi testimony; (2) the trial court erred in limiting the cross-examination of a state’s witness; (3) error occurred when the trial court refused to require an alleged suspect to invoke the fifth amendment before the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. State v. ColemanMontana Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State Ex Rel. Simos v. BurkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Azbill v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1972
  5. State v. DoddArizona Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Taliaferro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  2. Edward D. Eckert v. Robert Tansy, Frankie Sue Del Papa and Ron AngeloneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  3. Lobato v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Williams v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Ransey v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1984

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