Ursino v. Sheriff, Washoe County

OPINION

By criminal complaint, appellants were charged with ten (10) different felonies and, after preliminary examination, they were ordered to stand trial on a six (6) count information.1

*411A pretrial habeas challenge contended the evidence submitted to the magistrate was insufficient to meet the probable cause requirement prescribed in NRS 171.206. Appellants also argued counts IV, V and VI cannot stand because they were merely acting as “purchasing agents” for an undercover police officer when they allegedly acquired the cocaine on January 29, 1975. Habeas relief was denied and appellants now…