Thompson v. State

*152OPINION

By the Court,

Rose, J.:

Appellant Thompson was arrested on April 21, 1984, in Reno and eventually charged with murder, attempted murder, robbery and attempted robbery, in Washoe County, Nevada. On August 16, 1984, Thompson was waiting for a hearing to begin in district court and spent six hours in a holding cell with another inmate, Robert Dean Kennedy, who was charged with burglary and the possession of stolen property committed in the Reno area.

Sitting across the table from each other, Thompson and Kennedy engaged in the usual jailhouse talk that included their offenses, drugs and sex.…