Las Vegas Prosecutor Charged with Drugs, Conspiracy and Gun Crimes
Yesterday the Clark County D.A. filed charges against a former deputy Clark County district attorney who allegedly bought cocaine in March. He's accused of committing conspiracy, gun crimes and Nevada drug crimes. Prior to the incident this D.D.A. was a drug prosecutor. He resigned in April.
Common Nevada drug crimes include possession, possession with intent to sell, selling, and trafficking. Possession usually carries the least serious penalties, especially for a first offense. Trafficking usually carries the most serious penalties, including prison.
Defenses to Nevada drug crimes depend on the circumstances of the case. A typical defense is entrapment, whereby an undercover cop wrongly entices someone to buy drugs who normally would not have bought the drugs. Another common defense is police misconduct: If the cops performed an illegal search in order to uncover the drugs, the drugs should be tossed out as evidence.
For more on this story go to: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/19/charges-filed-drug-case-former-clark-county-prosec/
