JOHNSON v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY

No. 7527.

518 P.2d 161 (1974)

George JOHNSON, Jr., Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender and Martin R. Boyers, Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Roy A. Woofter, Dist. Atty., and H. Leon Simon, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice:

On March 19, 1973, an employee of a grocery store located in Las Vegas, Nevada, observed appellant taking steaks and hiding them under his coat. When appellant left the store without paying for the merchandise the employee followed, apprehended him, returned him to the premises and delivered him to the store manager, who advised him that he was under arrest and that the police had been summoned.

A confederate of the appellant...

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