MERICA v. STATE

No. 6353.

488 P.2d 1161 (1971)

Joseph Rex MERICA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry C. Lane, Carson City, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Michael E. Fondi, Dist. Atty., Carson City, for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice.

Convicted of violating NRS 453.030 by possessing marijuana, appellant contends his Fourth Amendment rights were violated:

(1) when a police officer entered a bamboo-screened alcove housing heating and airconditioning equipment, on the second floor of an apartment building where the co-defendant's mother lived, and there discovered a plastic "baggie" containing marijuana; and

(2) when the watching police officer...

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