LANE v. SECOND JUD. DIST., WASHOE COUNTY

No. 18768.

760 P.2d 1245 (1988)

Mills LANE, District Attorney For Washoe County, Petitioner, v. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WASHOE COUNTY, The Honorable Robert L. Schouweiler, District Judge, and The Honorable Robin Wright, District Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills Lane, Dist. Atty., and Gregory R. Shannon, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for petitioner.

Robert L. Schouweiler, Dist. Judge, Second Judicial Dist. Court, Washoe County, Reno, for respondents.


OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

This original petition for a writ of prohibition challenges an order of the district court enjoining the Washoe County District Attorney from proceeding further with a criminal matter, and designating an investigator or so-called "special prosecutor" to evaluate the case for possible resubmission to the grand jury. On February 22, 1988, this court entered an order denying extraordinary relief, concluding that petitioner failed...

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