Legal Opinion

Sessions v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1990No. 19624PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

Following an investigation, sheriff’s officers in Nye County obtained and served a search warrant on property in Pahrump which belonged to appellant James William Sessions. Inside a barrier of junk appliances the officers found two greenhouses and seized 761 plants, a small box and several baggies of marihuana. The plants were weighed whole, then destroyed. The weight of the marihuana was determined to be 540 pounds.

Based on the plants seized, Sessions was charged with trafficking in marihuana weighing over 100 pounds in violation of NRS 453.339. Based on the contents of the box,…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sparks v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1988
  2. French v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1982
  3. State v. SmithNevada Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Sheriff, Clark County v. HanksNevada Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Odoms v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1986

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4Cited by21 opinions

  1. O'NEILL v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Moore v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Clark v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Tillema v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1996
  5. John Walker v. George DeedsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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