Young v. Sheriff

*409OPINION

The Clark County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Jeffrey Bruce Young with conspiracy to sell a controlled substance. NRS 453.401(5). The offense is punishable as a felony under NRS 453.421, which statute was enacted May 6, 1971, and became effective July 1, 1971. See Stats, of Nev. 1971, ch. 667, § 75, p. 2023.

NRS 199.480, enacted by Stats, of Nev. 1975, ch. 363, § 1, p. 509, provides that such conspiracy be punished as a gross misdemeanor.

A timely filed petition in habeas corpus contended, inter alia, Young could not be charged with the felony because the 1975 enactment…