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Tucker v. State

Citations

  • 553 P.2d 951
  • 92 Nev. 486
  • 1976 Nev. LEXIS 643

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  • recognizing that a defendant waives his right to self-representation where he accepts and acquiesces in representation by a court-appointed attorney
  • recognizing that a defendant waives his right to self-representation where he accepts and acquiesces in representation by a court-appointed attorney
  • recognizing that intoxication may defeat the specific intent required for burglary as a predicate to felony murder
  • noting that the record showed that the defendant had voluntarily accepted representation by the public defender and had made no objection to such representation after it commenced
  • deciding proof of the defendant’s intoxication during the time of the confession will not, in the absence of additional facts demonstrating distress, prevent the admission of his confession
  • deciding proof of the defendant's intoxication during the time of the confession will not, in the absence of additional facts demonstrating distress, prevent the admission of his confession

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Judges: Mowbray, Gunderson, Batjer, Zenoff, Thompson

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