Dent v. State

OPINION

Appellant Patricia Ann Dent was arrested for selling a controlled substance. She maintains that she acted only as a conduit for the transaction, for which she received no benefit. We conclude that there is no evidence of record from which a reasonable juror could infer that Dent benefitted from the sale. Therefore, we reverse her conviction.

FACTS

On January 13, 1994, several officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department conducted an undercover narcotics operation in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Dent, a prostitute, was standing on the corner of 9th and Fremont Streets when…