State v. Wright

OPINION

On October 2, 1975, Raymon Wright was indicted by the Clark County Grand Jury for the sale'of a controlled substance under NRS 453.321. A motion to dismiss was later granted for the failure of the indictment to allege the defendant’s age under the authority of Hass v. State, 92 Nev. 256, 548 P.2d 1367 (1976), in which we ruled that the defendant’s age was an essential element of the crime of sale of a controlled substance under the statute and had to be alleged and proved.

From the dismissal the State has appealed asking this court to limit the application of Hass v. State, supra, to…