Palombo v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

Pursuant to a True Bill by the Clark County Grand Jury an indictment was filed charging James E. Palombo and Linda Ann Holler with selling a controlled substance (heroin), a felony under NRS 453.321 and NRS 453.161.

A pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus contended there was insufficient legal and competent evidence to establish probable cause that the crime was committed. Habeas was denied and the same contention is reasserted in this appeal.

The transcript of the grand jury proceeding establishes that about 8:45 p.m. September 9, 1976, an undercover agent employed by the Las…