Collins v. State

OPINION

On September 11, 1989, Jeanne Collins reported to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department that her home had been burglarized. Thereafter, she and her husband, Robert Collins, collected reimbursement for the stolen items from Farmers Insurance Company (“Farmers”).

On February 3, 1991, Nevada Highway Patrol (“NHP”) Trooper Ken Gager pulled over and ultimately arrested Mr. Collins. A subsequent search of the car revealed, among other things, a spiral notebook and a tape recorder containing secret access codes to a secured storage unit (“The Vault”) in Reno, vice grips, a blank key, two-way…