SHARPE v. STATE

No. 64287.

350 P.3d 388 (2015)

Phillip Douglas SHARPE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quade Law, Ltd., and Paul E. Quade , Reno, for Appellant.

Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, Carson City; Robert Auer , District Attorney, and Jeremy R. Reichenberg and Moreen Scully , Deputy District Attorneys, Lyon County, for Respondent.

Gordon Silver and Dominic P. Gentile , Las Vegas, for Amicus Curiae Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Amicus Curiae Nevada District Attorneys Association.

Before SAITTA, GIBBONS and PICKERING, JJ.


OPINION

In this opinion, we address whether Nevada wiretap law permits the interception of cellular telephone calls and text messages, even though it has not been updated since 1973. We conclude that Nevada wiretap law, assuming its other statutory requirements are satisfied, allows for the interception...

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