Las Vegas Criminal Defense Blog

Last month a doctor, who used to be the chief of internal medicine at a Las Vegas hospital, was arrested after an undercover drug sting. He's accused of committing the Nevada crime of selling drugs by selling almost $50,000 of oxycodone. He allegedly got the pills from California. The doctor is out on bail.

Police typically arrest someone for the Nevada crime of selling drugs after sending an undercover cop to investigate or setting up a fake drug sale. Consequently, a standard defense to this crime is police entrapment--that the defendant wouldn't have sold the drugs but for the police's meddling. Selling can be prosecuted as trafficking if the amount of drugs in question is great enough.

Penalties for selling drugs depend on the kind of drug and the amount. A first offense of selling a schedule I or II drug is a category B felony carrying up to six years in prison. But a third or subsequent offense carries up to fifteen years.

For more on this story go to: http://www.8newsnow.com/story/17379098/i-team-las-vegas-doctor-busted-for-selling-drugs

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The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a complaint alleging that employees at the Hard Rock casino committed the Nevada crime of selling drugs and even provided customers private bathrooms to take the drugs as well as have sex. The Hard Rock isn't admitting any wrongdoing but is offering to settle the case with $650,000. The Gaming Commission will consider this proposal this month or next month.

The Nevada crime of selling drugs prohibits selling controlled substances whether they're illegal drugs or prescription drugs. Arrests are frequently made after police allegedly witness a drug sale through either covert surveillance posts or stings where undercover police act as drug buyers. Common defenses to this crime include entrapment and insufficient evidence.

Penalties for the Nevada crime of selling drugs turn on the type of controlled substance. For a schedule I or II, a first offense is a category B felony carrying one-to-six years and $20,000. Otherwise it's one-to-five years and $10,000. If it's a first offense the judge may be willing to grant probation.

For more on this story go to: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/dec/30/hard-rock-hotel-hit-500000-fine-over-drugs/