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HYLTON v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DIST. COURT

No. 17301.

743 P.2d 622 (1987)

In the Matter of the Application of Lancelot Julian HYLTON, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, DEPT. IV and the Honorable Earle W. White, Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Porter, Las Vegas, for petitioner.

Rex Bell, Clark Co. Dist. Atty. and James Tufteland, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondents.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This petition for writ of prohibition asks this court to prohibit further prosecution of petitioner Hylton on the ground that to try him again would violate his right not to be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. U.S. Const. amend. V; Nev. Const. art. 1, § 8.

Facts

In 1981, Lancelot Julian Hylton was charged with robbery, murder, and use of a deadly weapon in the commission of an offense. The first...

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