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SHERIFF, WASHOE COUNTY v. HAWKINS

No. 17628.

752 P.2d 769 (1988)

SHERIFF, WASHOE COUNTY, Nevada, Appellant, v. David Kenney HAWKINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Mills Lane, Dist. Atty., Timothy G. Randolph, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for appellant.

David Parraguirre, Dist. Atty., and John Petty, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Chief Justice.

On May 27, 1986, a twenty-six-year-old black male, David Kenney Hawkins, had the night off from his job at a downtown casino in Reno. Hawkins, it appears, had been steadily and successfully employed at the casino for some time. On the evening in question, he went out to enjoy his leisure time with a white male friend and, as they walked by the corner of First and Center Streets, the two young men saw a well-dressed man lying...

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