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HAMLET v. STATE

No. 5570.

447 P.2d 492 (1968)

Floyd HAMLET, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 9, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Santini, Public Defender, and George D. Frame, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George F. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., and George H. Spizzirri, Deputy Dist. Atty., Clark County, Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

We are asked to set aside the appellant's conviction for possession of heroin on the ground that the prosecutor referred to the fact that the appellant, at about the same time he was arrested for that crime, also was arrested for possession of narcotics paraphernalia, a separate and distinct offense. Such a reference was made by the prosecutor during his opening statement, and again during jury summation, each time without objection by...

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