ROY v. STATE

No. 6345.

489 P.2d 1158 (1971)

Richard Charles Roy, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Claiborne and Annette R. Quintana, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Roy A. Woofter, Dist. Atty. and Charles L. Garner, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice.

The appellant, a 22-year-old mentally retarded bus boy, able neither to read nor write, purchased a "lid" of marijuana for an undercover police officer who pretended interest in him and friendship for him. Convicted of the nonprobationable offense of selling marijuana in violation of NRS 453.030 and NRS 453.210(2), sentenced to prison for four years, appellant assigns as error the trial court's refusal to give the following instruction...

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