Nevada Supreme Court, 1970

Patrick v. Sheriff

Patrick v. Sheriff
Nevada Supreme Court · Decided December 11, 1970
86 Nev. 849; 477 P.2d 594; 1970 Nev. LEXIS 634

Patrick v. Sheriff

Opinion of the Court

*850OPINION

Per Curiam:

Doris Marie Patrick appeals from a pretrial denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The information charged her with an attempt to obtain a narcotic drug but the charging portion named the drug by its trade name, Numorphan, instead of by its pharmaceutical designation. For this, defendant sought first to dismiss the information in the trial court and when that motion was denied petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. She appeals from the denial of that petition.

Use of the trade name, Numorphan, instead of designating the chemical ingredients sufficiently discharges the State’s responsibility to adequately inform the defendant of the crime to which she must plead or defend. NRS 173.075(1); Gallegos v. State, 84 Nev. 608, 446 P.2d 656 (1968); Logan v. Warden, 86 Nev. 511, 471 P.2d 249 (1970).

Affirmed.

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