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FAIRMAN v. STATE

No. 5188

425 P.2d 342 (1967)

Earl FAIRMAN, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

March 27, 1967

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Babcock & Sutton, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, of Carson City, George E. Franklin, Jr., District Attorney, James H. Bilbray and James D. Santini, Deputy District Attorneys, of Clark County, for Respondent.

OPINION

COLLINS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of two crimes, sale and possession of marijuana, a narcotic. His appeal urges two grounds of error. He contends the trial court wrongly admitted evidence of a prior offense and erroneously permitted the jury to find him guilty of two crimes arising out of the same transaction or act. We agree, reverse the convictions, and remand for a new trial.

On December 18, 1965 Curtis Wheeler, a police informer...

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