Buff v. State

*1239OPINION

In 1994, John Coleman (“Coleman”), the forty-three-year-old victim in this case, traveled to Reno with his wife and two children to attend his aunt’s eightieth birthday party. Coleman and his family remained in the Reno area for approximately one month after the birthday celebration.

On September 15, 1994, Coleman, who was one-quarter Native American, set out to find a Native American friend from a previous Reno visit by the name of “Chief.” To find Chief, Coleman *1240sought assistance from several transients living along the Truckee River. The first people Coleman encountered were…