State v. Stiglitz

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

In the instant appeal, we reverse a district court order which dismissed an information because the State failed to produce an informant for interview.

Respondents Stiglitz and Arndt were charged with Conspiracy to Receive Stolen Property. See NRS 199.480. As the preliminary hearing transcript reveals, an informant introduced an undercover police officer to Stiglitz for the purpose of selling stolen T.V. sets. In truth, the sets had not been stolen, but merely loaned to the police in order to expose a fencing operation. Following sale of the sets to Arndt,…