Lathrop v. State

*1136OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of one count of possession of a cheating device. NRS 465.080. The district court sentenced appellant to serve three years in the Nevada State Prison. The district court suspended the sentence, and placed appellant on probation for a period not to exceed three years.

During the summer of 1989, appellant was a “doorman” at the Imperial Palace Hotel. Appellant was accused of being part of a conspiracy to use cheating devices called “chip cups” to cheat at gambling, and of possessing such a device. Appellant was…