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TANKSLEY v. STATE

No. 27264.

946 P.2d 148 (1997)

Richard TANKSLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Dissent As Amended September 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Jackson, Gardnerville, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Noel S. Waters, District Attorney, and Robert F. Bony, Deputy District Attorney, Carson City, for Respondent.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

While awaiting trial on charges of extortion and obtaining money under false pretenses ("the extortion case"), appellant Richard Tanksley ("Tanksley") was incarcerated in the Carson City jail. On October 30, 1993, the jail deputies attempted to give Tanksley his dinner meal. According to the deputies, Tanksley refused to take his meal and, when instructed, refused to return to his cell. Tanksley was then physically restrained...

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