Legal Opinion

Austin v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1971No. 6300PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*579OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

Convicted of possessing heroin in violation of NRS 453.030, appellant Curtis Austin contends that because the State adduced no evidence to corroborate its principal witness, Jesse Martin, and because Martin’s testimony unequivocally established Martin was himself an active, corrupt participant in the criminal endeavor he ascribed to appellant Austin, the evidence against appellant was therefore insufficient to sustain his conviction in view of our legislature’s pronouncement that “[a] conviction shall not be had on the testimony of an accomplice unless he is…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. People v. ShawCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  3. In re OxleyNevada Supreme Court · 1915
  4. State v. ChapmanNevada Supreme Court · 1871
  5. State v. VerganadisNevada Supreme Court · 1926

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Rowland v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  2. LaPena v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Eckert v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Howard v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Fish v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1976

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