Ward v. Sheriff

OPINION

On November 1, 1973, Las Vegas Police Officer Michael R. McGlaughlin, together with Detective Greg Jolley, met with appellants in a Las Vegas motel room. An informer had *440put McGlaughlin in telephone communication with appellants — who were from California — and the rendezvous was arranged for the stated purpose of purchasing 17 pounds of marijuana.

After McGlaughlin and Jolley entered the motel room, appellant Thompson opened a suitcase containing 17 packages of what he [Thompson] represented to be “grass.” McGlaugh-lin examined 6 of the packages which, he testified, according to his…