Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided September 28, 1973No. 6458PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Bat jer, J.:
Convicted of robbery (NRS 200.380), and murder (NRS 200.010 and NRS 195.020), by a jury verdict, appellant was assessed concurrent sentences to the Nevada State Prison. In this appeal he seeks reversal of the convictions and sentences. His sole contention is that fingerprint exemplars, admitted in evidence at trial, were the product of an illegal detention under the doctrine announced in Davis v. Mississippi, 394 U.S. 721 (1969 ), and thus inadmissible.
The crimes for which appellant stands convicted occurred April 18, 1969, at the Peyton Place Bar in Las Vegas.…
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