Dickson v. State

Respectfully, I dissent.

Appellant Kevin Dickson was lawfully arrested at a house trailer on an outstanding warrant. A “pat down” search revealed a small plastic tube containing a white powdery residue. Laboratory analysis later identified the residue as methamphetamine.

In Watson v. State, 88 Nev. 196, 198, 495 P.2d 365, 366 (1972), this court concluded that minute quantities of a narcotic could not support the intent element of the crime of possession of a controlled substance. See also Beutler v. State, 88 Nev. 707, 709, 504 P.2d 699, 700 (1972). However, Watson was tried before the 1971…