Glosen v. Sheriff of Washoe County

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Glosen and Pearson were jointly indicted for the sale of marijuana and sought freedom by petitions for habeas corpus in the district court, which were denied. They have appealed. Glosen’s main contention is that insufficient evidence was presented to hold him for trial. Pearson urges that he should not be forced to trial since he was acting as an agent of an employee of the police department in arranging for Glosen’s sale of marijuana to such employee, and cannot be considered as having sold the marijuana himself. Each claims that the evidence before the grand…