Greene v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

A jury convicted appellant of violating NRS 453.321, which provided in material part: “1. Except as authorized by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.551, inclusive, it is unlawful for any person to import, transport, manufacture, compound, sell, exchange, barter, supply, give away or administer a controlled or counterfeit substance or to offer or attempt to do any such act.”

On March 13, 1975, police officer James Thomas, working undercover, went with an informant to a Las Vegas bar to “buy” narcotics. The informant went inside while the officer remained in…