Sharkey v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.;

On April 19, 1968, at 7:30 p.m., police officers while performing their duties in a prowl car in a residential neighborhood in Las Vegas followed the appellant, Ruth Sharkey, whom they observed operating her automobile with another person beside her as a passenger. When they flashed their bright lights behind her they saw a commotion take place in her car after which she pulled her car very close to the curb and drove alongside it for 50 feet. As this happened they observed the passenger toss a bag in a garbage can on the sidewalk. While Ruth was being…