Tanksley v. State

*999OPINION

By the Court,

Young, J.:

While awaiting trial on charges of extortion and obtaining money under false pretenses (“the extortion case”), appellant Richard Tanksley (“Tanksley”) was incarcerated in the Carson City jail. On October 30, 1993, the jail deputies attempted to give Tanksley his dinner meal. According to the deputies, Tanksley refused to take his meal and, when instructed, refused to return to his cell. Tanksley was then physically restrained and placed in a solitary lockdown cell. Shortly thereafter, a deputy saw smoke coming from Tanksley’s lockdown cell. While the remainder of…