Legal Opinion

Dressler v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1991No. 21088PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

On March 7, 1990, following a bench trial, the district court convicted appellant of one count of driving under the influence of alcohol with two or more prior convictions. NRS 484.379; NRS 484.3792(l)(c). The district court sentenced appellant to serve a term of two years in the Nevada State Prison, and fined appellant $2,000.

At sentencing, the state offered evidence of two prior convictions: (1) a Lassen County, California, conviction dated July 8, 1983; and (2) a Douglas County, Nevada, conviction dated February 10, 1990. Appellant objected to the use of the Lassen County conviction…

3Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Baldasar v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Bryant v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1986
  5. United States v. David GallmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990

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4Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. CarlosSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  2. Hobbs v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2011
  3. Parsons v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2000
  4. McNelton v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Woods v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1998

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