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BRYANT v. STATE

Nos. 15336, 15852.

721 P.2d 364 (1986)

Lloyd BRYANT, aka Herschel Bryant, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent. Robert Frank DVORAK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright Shinehouse & Stewart, Las Vegas, for appellant Lloyd Bryant.

John G. Watkins, Las Vegas, for appellant Robert Frank Dvorak.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., Randall H. Pike and James Tufteland, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In these two consolidated appeals, we are faced with challenges to the validity of two guilty pleas. In both cases, the defendants challenge their pleas on the ground that they were not entered knowingly and intelligently because the lower courts did not sufficiently canvass them to determine if they understood the nature of the charges to which they were pleading guilty.

In the past, this court has been faced with similar challenges...

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