GOLDSMITH v. SHERIFF OF LYON COUNTY

No. 5703.

454 P.2d 86 (1969)

David Martin GOLDSMITH, Appellant, v. SHERIFF OF LYON COUNTY, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldwater, Taber, Hill & Mortimer, and Robert E. Rose, Reno, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, John E. Stone, Dist. Atty., Yerington, for respondent.


BATJER, Justice:

This is an appeal by the petitioner, David Goldsmith, from an order of the district court denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The following facts are pertinent on this appeal:

On January 17, 1968, a criminal complaint was filed charging Goldsmith with the murders of Robert Stucker and Larry Olinger. Shortly thereafter he was arrested in the state of Wyoming and subsequently extradited to the state of Nevada. On May 16 and...

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