TUCKER v. MOWBRAY

No. 4821.

398 P.2d 244 (1965)

Horace Goucher TUCKER, Petitioner, v. John C. MOWBRAY, District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Claiborne and John Manzonie, of Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Edward G. Marshall, District Attorney, and Earl Gripentrog, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


McNAMEE, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding seeking a writ of prohibition.

An information was filed in respondent court charging petitioner with murder. Petitioner entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. After a jury was selected for the trial, petitioner's motion for a change of venue upon the ground that a fair trial could not be had in Clark County was denied. Petitioner thereupon filed a notice of appeal from such denial. Upon respondent...

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