Leonard Thompson, played pool at a neighboring table. The keys to the jeep were on a table adjacent to the pool tables. At 2:00 a.m., Wilson and his friends decided to leave the bar, but Wilson was unable to locate his keys. Wilson went outside to where he parked the jeep only to discover that it was missing. He called the police to report it as stolen.
Kenneth Pope, one of Wilson's friends, located the jeep within minutes, approximately one mile from the bar. Palmer and Thompson were with the jeep, dismantling the convertible top. When the police arrived at the scene, they arrested Palmer and Thompson. Palmer and Thompson were charged with grand larceny auto and possession of a stolen vehicle, and they were tried separately. The juryconvicted Palmer of possession of a stolen vehicle and the judge sentenced him to four years in the Nevada State Prison.
On appeal, Palmer contends that the district court erred when it denied his request to have Leonard Thompson testify as a witness at Palmer's trial. As previously noted, the State filed criminal charges against Thompson based upon the same incident, but Thompson's case was tried separately. Palmer's defense counsel requested that Thompson be called as a witness in the instant case, while Thompson had yet to be tried for the charges against him. In response to defense counsel's request, the district court stated:
I discussed this matter this morning with Mr. Marty Hastings who represents Mr. Thompson on his case in Justice Court. He tells me that Mr. Thompson