Legal Opinion

Daniels v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 2005No. 42545PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This appeal arises out of an undercover decoy program initiated by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). As part of the decoy operation, Detective Jason Leavitt disguised himself as an intoxicated vagrant to blend in with transient persons that reside in certain areas of Las Vegas.

On July 1, 2003, Detective Leavitt dressed in tan pants, a white t-shirt, a sports coat, and a baseball cap. He carried a single-fold wallet in the breast pocket of his sports coat. The wallet contained twenty one-dollar bills. Detective Leavitt testified that the wallet extended from his…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jacobson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Koza v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Braunstein v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Owens v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1980

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4Cited by4 opinions

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