Legal Opinion
Sparkman v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1979No. 10236PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*77OPINION
By the Court,
Manoukian, J.:
A jury found appellant, Alfonzo Sparkman, guilty of two counts of sale, one count of possession and one count of use of a controlled substance, heroin. NRS 453.321, 453.336, 453.411. For the sales, Sparkman was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, these terms reflecting the maximum penalties available at the time the crimes were committed. For his use and possession, he was sentenced to two four year terms, each to run concurrently with the other but consecutively to the life terms. He now pursues this appeal.
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