State v. Tapia

*495OPINION

Peter Tapia (Tapia) was arrested for embezzling $950.00 from the Peppermill Hotel-Casino (Peppermill) in Reno between March 17, 1990, and May 13, 1990.1 The State charged that Tapia, a hotel clerk, would accept money from a hotel guest, keep it for himself, and then reflect the transaction as a “comp” (a complimentary room) on the Peppermill’s records.

On June 24, 1991, the first day of trial, Tapia made an oral motion in limine to dismiss the charges because the State had not provided him with a “precursor document.” This document listed the Peppermill employees to whom Tapia had…