CITY OF LAS VEGAS v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Nos. 22546, 22547.

835 P.2d 806 (1992)

The CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Jeffrey Sobel, District Judge, Respondent, and Reginald Slaughter, Real Party in Interest. The CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Jeffrey Sobel, District Judge, Respondent, and Dennis Bartholow, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy A. Woofter, City Atty., and Bruce W. Nelson, Deputy City Atty., Las Vegas, for petitioner.

Rex Bell, Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.

Thomas F. Pitaro, Las Vegas, for real parties in interest.


OPINION ON REHEARING

PER CURIAM:

On December 12, 1991, this court issued an opinion in these consolidated petitions granting the requests of the state to prohibit the district court from exercising jurisdiction over appeals from certain judgments of conviction. Specifically, we held that when a municipal court converts a fine to jail time as a coercive measure to enforce payment of the fine, the order of the municipal court does not constitute a modification...

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