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McKenna v. State

Citations

  • 639 P.2d 557
  • 98 Nev. 38
  • 1982 Nev. LEXIS 380

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  • recognizing that the Fifth SUPREME CDURT OF NEVADA 6 (0) 1947A Amendment prohibits the State from using a defendant's confidential statements made during a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation to obtain a conviction
  • fundamental unfairness, amounting to violation of the defendant's right to due process, for district court to permit court-appointed psychiatrist who examined the defendant to testify as to admissions the defendant made during that examination
  • fundamental unfairness, amounting to violation of the defendant’s right to due process, for district court to permit court-appointed psychiatrist who examined the defendant to tes tify as to admissions the defendant made during that examination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gunderson, Manoukian, Springer, Mowbray, Zenoff

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