STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 31368.

993 P.2d 44 (2000)

The STATE of Nevada, Appellant, v. Jessie JOHNSON and Lashawn Johnson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City, Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Gerald J. Gardner, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Appellant.

John M. Turco, Las Vegas, for Respondent Jessie Johnson.

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Daren B. Richards and Elizabeth M. Quillin, Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Respondent Lashawn Johnson.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

LEAVITT, J.

Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Lt. Todd Ellison and an investigator from the Nevada Division of Investigation were riding together on patrol as part of "Desert Hoax," a multi-agency criminal interdiction operation. Ellison received a call from another investigator from the division that a vehicle had failed to stop at a stop sign at the bottom of the northbound overpass off-ramp of Interstate 15 in Clark County. Ellison was in full...

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