Nevada Supreme Court· 1/3/1997

Powell v. State

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930 P.2d 1123
113 Nev. 41
1997 Nev. LEXIS 10

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concluding that a Gerstein SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 2 (0) 1947A violation may be harmless
noting that a confession may be excluded where given during a detention that was unlawful because the defendant was not afforded a probable-cause hearing within 48 hours of his warrantless arrest
noting that a confession may be excluded where given during a detention that was unlawful because the defendant was not afforded a probable-cause hearing within 48 hours of his warrantless arrest
applying harmless error analysis to a violation of the requirement for a probable-cause determination with 48 hours
\The government has the burden of showing a `sufficient break in events to undermine the inference that the confession was caused by the Fourth Amendment violation.' \
the court found the possible error was harmless because the defendant's statements during the detention duplicated admissible statements he made at the time of his arrest

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Judges: Shearing, Steffen, Springer, Young, Rose

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