Hernandez v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

A jury found Florencio Hernandez guilty of robbery and he was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. He appeals from that judgment and asserts a new trial must be granted because he was denied due process of law. Finding no violation of due process, we affirm.

Miss Marie Offord was working as a night auditor at the Hyatt Lodge in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the early morning of September 21, 1969. At approximately 1:30 a.m. a man later identified as Hernandez entered the motel office and asked Miss Offord about accommodations.

At that time Hernandez stated he was…