IN THE MATTER OF ERVIN v. LEYPOLDT

No. 4290.

352 P.2d 718 (1960)

Matter of the Application of Robert Kenneth ERVIN for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Robert Kenneth Ervin, Appellant v. W. E. LEYPOLDT, Sheriff of Clark County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickerson and Miles, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Roger D. Foley, Atty. Gen.; George Foley, Dist. Atty., Thomas J. O'Donnell, Deputy Dist. Atty., Los Vegas, for Respondent.


McNAMEE, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order denying a writ of habeas corpus.

A complaint was filed in the justice's court of Las Vegas township, Clark County, Nevada, charging appellant with the murder on July 6, 1959, of Dolores Ann Stafford, a female child of the age of six years. After a preliminary hearing before the justice of the peace appellant was bound over for trial in the district court.

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