Opinion ID: 1444179
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Appellant's conversation with police detectives

Text: Appellant contends that his conversation with Detective Samolovich was part of compromise negotiations and was therefore inadmissible pursuant to NRS 48.105(1) (evidence of conduct or statements made in compromise negotiations is inadmissible). Appellant did not present this argument to the district court. Where a defendant fails to present an argument below and the district court has not considered its merit, we will not consider it on appeal. See Guy v. State, 108 Nev. 770, 780, 839 P.2d 578, 584 (1992). We conclude that appellant's contention lacks merit at any rate. Under circumstances where Detective Samolovich told appellant that he could not make appellant any promises and that he would give the information to the district attorney, appellant could not have reasonably believed that he was going to negotiate a plea bargain with Detective Samolovich or Detective Levos, who was also present. See McKenna, 101 Nev. at 344-45, 705 P.2d at 618-19 (holding that appellant's nonverbal response to Detective Levos's question was not privileged as a plea negotiation because appellant had no reasonable expectation that Detectives Samolovich and Levos had the authority to negotiate a plea). Appellant also contends that introduction of Detective Samolovich's testimony, insofar as Detective Samolovich discussed the crimes appellant listed in a letter to the detective, violated D'Agostino v. State, 107 Nev. 1001, 823 P.2d 283 (1991), because of insufficient indicia of reliability. We conclude that the district court did not err in admitting this evidence because it was more reliable than that in D'Agostino. Cf. D'Agostino, 107 Nev. at 1003, 823 P.2d at 284.