SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY v. LARSGAARD

No. 12349.

611 P.2d 625 (1980)

SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, Nevada, Appellant, v. Dennis L. LARSGAARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., and Joel M. Cooper, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for appellant.

Denton & Denton, and Mark R. Denton, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

After the grand jury indicted the respondent for murder, respondent petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was granted on the ground that the state failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime and thus there existed no probable cause to hold the accused for trial.

According to the testimony and evidence presented to the grand jury, Allen Simmons disappeared from Boulder City about November...

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