MILLER v. STATE

No. 43192.

110 P.3d 53 (2005)

Richard William MILLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn, Public Defender, and Lynn Avants, Howard S. Brooks, and Gary H. Lieberman, Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Appellant.

Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger, District Attorney, James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Frank M. Ponticello, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before ROSE, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises out of an undercover decoy program initiated by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). The decoy program was designed to combat an increase in street-level robberies occurring in downtown Las Vegas. A street-level robbery is a person-to-person crime where one person walks up to another and either robs them or picks their pocket.

As part of the decoy operation, Detective Jason Leavitt disguised...

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