GRACE v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. CT.

No. 68929.

375 P.3d 1017 (2016)

Lecory L. GRACE, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE Of Nevada, In and for the COUNTY OF CLARK; and The Honorable Douglas W. Herndon, District Judge, Respondents, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn , Public Defender, and Robert E. O'Brien and Howard Brooks , Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Petitioner.

Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, Marc P. DiGiacomo and Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorneys, and Ofelia L. Monje , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Real Party in Interest.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

In Nevada, justice courts "are courts of limited jurisdiction and have only the authority granted by statute." Parsons v. State (Parsons III), 116 Nev. 928, 933, 10 P.3d 836, 839 (2000); accord Nev. Const. art. 6, § 8(1) ("The Legislature...

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