Montes v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

Manuel M. Montes was tried by a jury and convicted of possession of a stolen vehicle, a violation of NRS 205.273. The appellant contended on appeal that the trial court erred in instructing the jury, in denying his motion for mistrial, and in denying his attorney’s motion to withdraw as counsel.

On April 6, 1977, at approximately 1:30 a.m. in Clark *893County, Nevada, a police officer in a patrol vehicle noticed a vehicle traveling in an erratic manner. He could see two occupants. The driver was a Caucasian male and the passenger was a black male. The officer…