Paige v. State

OPINION

On April 5, 1998, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Detective John Turney (“Turney”) was working undercover on narcotics-related crimes near Stewart and Thirteenth Streets. As Turney walked down Stewart Street, Donald Monroe (“Monroe”) walked up to him. Turney told Monroe that he was looking to buy two rocks of cocaine for $20.00. Monroe then told Turney to wait by a pay phone. Monroe walked away from Turney and toward a vacant building.

In front of the vacant building, Monroe approached appellant Christopher Douglas Paige (“Paige”). Monroe and Paige engaged in a brief…