WISCHMEIER v. STATE

No. 21415.

811 P.2d 1307 (1991)

Earl Elden WISCHMEIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Momot & Tidwell, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Dist. Atty. and James Tufteland and Thomas Leen, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On February 16, 1990, Appellant Earl Elden Wischmeier (Wischmeier) was arrested for selling $300 worth of cocaine to an undercover police officer. The district court sentenced him to three years in the Nevada State Prison and fined him $50,000 in accordance with the minimum statutory requirements set forth in NRS 453.3385(1).1

Wischmeier contends that $50,000 constitutes an excessive fine in violation...

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