Legal Opinion

Donovan v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1978No. 9802PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*672OPINION

By the Court,

ManouKian, J.

Appellant was charged with four armed robberies of service stations and one unarmed robbery of a liquor store. While at a service station, Donovan discussed the recent string of service station robberies with such detail that the attendant became suspicious. She noted Donovan’s license number and contacted the police who subsequently pictured Donovan in a photographic lineup shown to the robbery victims. Three of the four victims identified Donovan as the robber, and consequently the police effected a warrantless arrest on October 22, 1976. Later that evening,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Wyatt v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Warden, Nevada State Prison v. LischkoNevada Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Troy Cooper v. C. J. FitzharrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Pellegrini v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Ennis v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Gibbons v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Atkins (James) v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Bowles v. BacaDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 2020

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