HAMMOND v. SHERIFF, MINERAL COUNTY

No. 8125.

532 P.2d 1030 (1975)

Mike HAMMOND, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, MINERAL COUNTY, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace R. Goff, State Public Defender and Gary D. Armentrout, Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Larry G. Bettis, Dist. Atty., Mineral County, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant prosecution of appellant for possession of marijuana. The only probative or demonstrable evidence of record, suggesting that contraband even existed in proximity to appellant, are three photographs a police officer took of a plant growing in a garden at the home of appellant's father, with whom appellant resides.

Deeming this evidence insufficient to hold appellant...

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