Thurlow v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Thurlow was convicted of murder, after a jury trial in the district court at Tonopah, Nevada. At the trial evidence seized in a search of his automobile was admitted over objection that the search and seizure violated the Fourth Amendment. He has appealed, again asserting the unreasonableness of the search and seizure. We rule that the conviction must be set aside and the case remanded for another trial.

The essential facts are not disputed. The dead body of Thayer Wilshire was found on November 6, 1963, near Tonopah. Two days later a criminal complaint was…