Brown v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

In 1976 the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, in conjunction with the federal government, established an undercover fabricated “fencing” operation code-named “Operation Switch.” The operation procedure consisted of undercover police officers introducing burglars and thieves to Switch as a fence for stolen goods. On September 2, 1976, officer Max Huggins and another undercover officer entered a bar and conversed with one another loudly enough to be overheard by others concerning the failure of a fictitious friend to appear. Appellant Brown approached…