O'BRIEN v. STATE

No. 12147.

634 P.2d 1206 (1981)

Paul Allen O'BRIEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leavitt, Graves & Leavitt, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., James N. Tufteland, Gerald Waite, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice:

O'Brien was convicted of robbery and the penalty was enhanced because he used a deadly weapon in the commission of the crime.

On September 27, 1978, at about 9:30 a.m., the Decatur Vegas Village Store in Las Vegas, Nevada, was the scene of an armed robbery. Two employees observed a white male adult in the store carrying a brown paper shopping-type bag with what appeared to be two...

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