Holyfield v. State

*795OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

In this consolidated appeal, the central issue is whether police officers may subvert a suspect’s constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment of the federal constitution and article 1 section 8 of the Nevada Constitution by bargaining to have a self-interested, twice-convicted felon and escapee conduct a custodial interrogation that the police could not lawfully conduct themselves. We hold they may not do so. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm appellant Townsell’s judgment of conviction, but we reverse the conviction of appellant Holyfield.

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