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PICKARD v. STATE

No. 10003.

585 P.2d 1342 (1978)

George Stanley PICKARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace R. Goff, State Public Defender, J. Thomas Susich, Chief Deputy Public Defender, and J. Gregory Damm, Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Larry G. Bettis, Dist. Atty., Mineral County, Hawthorne, for respondent.

Dean Breeze, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Las Vegas, amicus curiae.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice:

George Stanley Pickard appeals his conviction for sale of a controlled substance to a minor, contending the district court (1) lacked authority to empanel additional jurors without his consent, and (2) erroneously refused to permit discovery of prosecution witnesses' juvenile records. Pickard additionally attacks his mandatory life sentence imposed under NRS 453.321(2)(a)(2) as violative of the cruel and unusual punishment proscriptions...

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