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FOSTER v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. COURT, ETC.

No. 12299.

604 P.2d 359 (1980)

Danny FOSTER, Petitioner, v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE OF NEVADA, in and for the County of Clark, Department IX, and the Honorable Keith C. Hayes, Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skupa & Mainor, and William S. Skupa, Las Vegas, for petitioner.

Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondents.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Danny Foster has filed an original petition for a writ of prohibition contending that the respondent district court is exceeding its jurisdiction in setting a trial date for him on a charge of illegally discharging a firearm because the crime with which he is charged in the information is a misdemeanor,1 and only the justice's court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors.2

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