MORTENSEN v. STATE

No. 30855.

986 P.2d 1105 (1999)

Ronald Lawrence MORTENSEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Cremen, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City, Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, William T. Koot, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for respondent.

BEFORE MAUPIN, AGOSTI and BECKER, JJ.


OPINION1

AGOSTI, J.

On December 27, 1996, Ronald Mortensen ("Mortensen"), an officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ("LVMPD"), celebrated his thirty-first birthday at a Las Vegas drinking establishment. Chris Brady ("Brady"), another LVMPD officer, was among the revelers.

Around midnight, the celebration ended. Mortensen's wife went home, while Mortensen and Brady left in Brady's blue 1974 Dodge pickup...

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