Sheriff, Humboldt County, Nev. v. Gleave

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting respondent’s pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On March 13, 1987, an information was filed in the district court charging respondent with one count of unlawful sale of a controlled substance, a violation of NRS 453.321. Alleging that the evidence adduced at her preliminary hearing demonstrated that she was entrapped as a matter of law, respondent filed in the district court a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On August 17, 1987, the district court concluded, as a matter of law, that respondent was…