Glosen v. Sheriff of Washoe County

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

Charles J. Glosen and Jack M. Crown were both indicted by the Washoe County Grand Jury for the illegal sale, on two separate occasions, of narcotics (marijuana and cocaine). Crown was also indicted on a separate charge of illegally dispensing a narcotic drug. All offenses charged are felonies. NRS 453.030.

As provided in subsection 2 of NRS 172.155, the appellants filed a petition in the district court for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the evidence presented to the grand jury was insufficient to establish probable cause that the offenses had been…