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BATSON v. STATE

No. 27353.

941 P.2d 478 (1997)

Mark Dennis BATSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Specchio, Public Defender and John Reese Petty, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Washoe County, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney, and Terrence P. McCarthy, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

OPINION

ROSE, Justice:

Reno Police Department Officer Robert Tygard (Tygard), was one of several policemen to respond to a fight between Mark Batson (Batson) and a neighbor at a Reno trailer park. When Tygard arrived at the scene, the fighting parties had been separated, and he proceeded to meet with Batson and his wife, Donna Batson (Donna). Tygard had Batson sit down on a low outside wall (the parties label it a "stem wall") by the Batsons' trailer...

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