NEVIUS v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON

Nos. 29027, 29028.

944 P.2d 858 (1997)

Thomas NEVIUS, Petitioner, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, E.K. McDaniel; and Attorney General of Nevada, Frankie Sue Del Papa, Respondents. Thomas NEVIUS, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri Steik Roeser, Zephyr Cove; Michael Pescetta, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, for Petitioner and Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondents.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner/appellant Thomas Nevius claims that Justice Cliff Young is disqualified in these cases because: (1) the Attorney General, whose office represents the State, endorsed and publicly supported Justice Young in his successful 1996 reelection campaign, and (2) Justice Young stated that he upheld the death penalty seventy-six times while on the Court. The first ground for disqualification was made and rejected in State ex...

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