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Sherman v. State

Supreme Court of Nevada
Feb 22, 1973
506 P.2d 417 (Nev. 1973)

Opinion

No. 6858

February 22, 1973

Appeal from judgment of conviction and sentence for sale and possession of narcotic and dangerous drugs, Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Grant L. Bowen, Judge.

H. Dale Murphy, Washoe County Public Defender, Michael Specchio, Deputy Public Defender, and William O'Mara, Washoe County, for Appellant.

Robert E. List, Attorney General, of Carson City, Robert E. Rose, District Attorney, and Kathleen M. Wall, Assistant Chief Deputy, Washoe County, for Respondent.


OPINION


Convicted of violating the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, appellant contends that statute was unconstitutional insofar as it classified marijuana a narcotic drug and punished its sale, possession or use accordingly. See: NRS 453.020(2), since supplanted by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, NRS 453.011 et seq. We rejected this contention in Egan v. Sheriff, 88 Nev. 611, 503 P.2d 16 (1972).

Appellant further contends the trial court erred in excluding testimony to establish his good reputation, which he urges was relevant to a defense of entrapment. If error, the exclusion of such testimony does not justify reversal, because in this case it could not have prejudiced substantial rights. NRS 47.040; NRS 178.598. Entrapment is an affirmative defense, Wyatt v. State, 77 Nev. 490, 367 P.2d 104 (1961), of which the record contains no evidence, and which the jury would not have been justified in finding merely from the proffered testimony that defendant enjoyed a good reputation.

We decline to consider other assignments of error, raised for the first time on appeal. Bonnenfant v. State, 86 Nev. 393, 469 P.2d 401 (1970); Gebert v. State, 85 Nev. 331, 454 P.2d 897 (1969); Mears v. State, 83 Nev. 3, 422 P.2d 230 (1967).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Sherman v. State

Supreme Court of Nevada
Feb 22, 1973
506 P.2d 417 (Nev. 1973)
Case details for

Sherman v. State

Case Details

Full title:DOUGLAS H. SHERMAN, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Nevada

Date published: Feb 22, 1973

Citations

506 P.2d 417 (Nev. 1973)
506 P.2d 417

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