WOLFE v. STATE

No. 10700.

591 P.2d 1155 (1979)

Randall WOLFE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Y. Herring, Nevada State Public Defender, and J. Gregory Damm, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Steven D. McMorris, Douglas County Dist. Atty., and Brent Kolvet, Deputy Dist. Atty., Minden, for respondent.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice:

A jury convicted Randall Wolfe of the crime of prisoner escape. He had elected to represent himself with the aid of the public defender as his advisor. At arraignment the district court ordered that Wolfe be allowed to use the law library at the prison to prepare for trial. Should he not be permitted to do so the court was to be advised. On the day trial was to commence Wolfe moved to dismiss asserting that he had been denied access...

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