Zampanti v. Sheriff of Clark County

OPINION

An indictment was returned by the Clark County Grand Jury on February 19, 1970, charging appellant with selling marijuana in violation of NRS 453.030 and NRS 453.210(2). This appeal is from an order dismissing appellant’s pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The grand jury heard the testimony of only one witness, Russ Angione, an undercover agent for the Clark County Sheriff’s Department. The officer testified that appellant’s Chevy van smelled of smoked marijuana, that appellant rolled what he represented to the officer to be a marijuana cigarette and started to light it,…