Harris v. State

OPINION

On October 16, 1995, the State of Nevada charged appellant James Earl Harris (“Harris”) with indecent exposure, a gross misdemeanor, and using a controlled substance, a felony. The charges stemmed from allegations that Harris unlawfully made an indecent or obscene exposure to his ten-year-old daughter (“minor daughter”), at their apartment in Reno. The minor daughter allegedly told her brother (“minor son”) that Harris had “done something to her.”

Shortly thereafter, Alice Thompson (“Alice”), Harris’s wife, came home from work. The minor daughter told Alice that “daddy just tried to do…