Carr v. State

OPINION

A jury convicted Otto Carr of sale of a controlled substance (heroin), a felony under NRS 453.321 and 453.161, and the district court sentenced him to serve a 5-year term of imprisonment. Carr contends the judgment of conviction should be reversed because, among other things, testimony concerning statements of an alleged coconspirator was hearsay and should not have been admitted.

At the trial, a police officer testified that while he was working in an undercover capacity he went to an apartment in Las Vegas for the purpose of purchasing narcotics. Carr allegedly let him in the…