NELSON v. STATE

No. 10778.

609 P.2d 717 (1980)

Gary Allen NELSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Dunseath, Public Defender, and Michael B. McDonald, Deputy Public Defender, Reno, for appellant.

Richard Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Calvin R.X. Dunlap, Dist. Atty. and Edwin T. Basl, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

MOWBRAY, Chief Justice:

A jury found Gary Allen Nelson guilty of burglary and grand larceny. He seeks reversal, contending, among other things, that the State's case was substantially based upon the fruits of a constitutionally impermissible search and seizure. We agree.

Nelson was charged, by information, with burglary and grand larceny. Nelson's pre-trial motion to suppress evidence, discovered as a result of police officers' warrantless...

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