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CORNELLA v. JUSTICE COURT

No. 56329.

377 P.3d 97 (2016)

Mary Lou CORNELLA, Petitioner, v. Churchill County, State of Nevada, JUSTICE COURT of New River Township; The Honorable Michael D. Richards; the Third Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Churchill; and the Honorable David A. Huff, District Judge, Respondents, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 12, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Digesti Law Firm, Ltd., and Matthew P. Digesti and Laurence P. Digesti , Reno, for Petitioner.

Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, Carson City; Arthur E. Mallory , District Attorney, and Benjamin D. Shawcroft , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Churchill County, for Real Party in Interest.

Before PARRAGUIRRE, C.J., HARDESTY and SAITTA, JJ.

OPINION

In this writ proceeding, we consider constitutional challenges to NRS 484B.657(1),1 which provides that a person is guilty of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter if, "while driving or in actual physical control of any vehicle, [the person] proximately causes the death...

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