Legal Opinion
Smithart v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 30, 1970No. 6089PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Batjer, J.:
The appellant was convicted by a jury of the possession of a narcotic drug and the possession of a dangerous drug, in violation of NRS 453.030 and NRS 454.395.
On February 8, 1969, Sheila Summers, a police informant and auxiliary policewoman for the Reno Police Department, met Carol Hoag at the Ranch House, located in Reno, Nevada. They went to cabin No. 3 at the Ranch House where Carol Hoag revealed that she had some marijuana and there was to be a “pot party” in a few days.
Sheila Summers presented this information to John Kemp-ton, a Reno police officer, who in…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Allen v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1975
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