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STATE v. KOPP

No. 36457.

43 P.3d 340 (2002)

The STATE of Nevada, Appellant, v. Timothy Jack KOPP, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City, Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney, Brian S. Rutledge, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Mary P. Brown, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for appellant.

Marcus D. Cooper, Public Defender, Darin F. Imlay, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for respondent.

BEFORE MAUPIN, C.J., AGOSTI and LEAVITT, JJ.

OPINION

AGOSTI, J.

This case presents an issue of first impression regarding whether a district court acquires jurisdiction over misdemeanors that have been joined in a single indictment or information with a felony or gross misdemeanor. We conclude that district courts do not acquire jurisdiction over misdemeanors under such circumstances.

On October 14, 1999, Timothy Kopp was subdued and arrested by officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan...

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