HICKS v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY

No. 5986.

464 P.2d 462 (1970)

Kenneth Harvey HICKS, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Santini, Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., Alan R. Jones, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice:

Appellant was charged with the murder of Glenn E. Christiernsson. After an extensive preliminary examination the charge was dismissed because the state had failed to prove the corpus delicti and had also failed to prove that Christiernsson's death was caused by the criminal agency of the appellant.

Thereafter, the state filed a petition in the district court for leave to file an information against the appellant under NRS...

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