Marcum v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J. :

At the preliminary hearing the appellant was held to answer upon the charge of possession and sale of narcotics. The only evidence offered by the state of Nevada was the testimony of Charles R. Foxx, a detective in the Las Vegas police department.

Foxx testified that on February 1, 1968, he accompanied an unidentified informer (the detective was unable to remember the informer’s name) to a residence in Las Vegas where the informer stated he could make a contact for Foxx to buy narcotics. On this initial trip the detective remained in the car and the informer…