Schnepp v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, D. J.:

At approximately 9:00 p.m., April 23, 1965, the manager of Jimmy’s Motel, Reno, Nevada, observed a man leaving an unoccupied room in the motel carrying a large object. The manager ran to the room and found the television set missing and called the police.

The police dispatcher immediately broadcast the reported burglary, gave the location of the crime, stated that a television set had been taken, and reported that the culprit had left in an automobile. An officer in the immediate vicinity responded. Some two to five minutes after the broadcast, the officer…