Sheriff, Washoe County v. Hawkins

*71OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, C. J.:

On May 27, 1986, a twenty-six-year-old black male, David Kenney Hawkins, had the night off from his job at a downtown casino in Reno. Hawkins, it appears, had been steadily and successfully employed at the casino for some time. On the evening in question, he went out to enjoy his leisure time with a white male friend and, as they walked by the corner of First and Center Streets, the two young men saw a well-dressed man lying in a doorway alcove, apparently intoxicated. Several bills protruded temptingly from a brown envelope that was dangling from the…