MARTINEZ GUZMAN v. SECOND JUD. DIST. COURT

No. 81842.

496 P.3d 572 (2021)

137 Nev. Adv. Opn. 61

Wilber Ernesto MARTINEZ GUZMAN, Petitioner, v. The SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF WASHOE; and the Honorable Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge, Respondents, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed September 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Arrascada , Public Defender, and John Reese Petty , Katheryn Hickman , Gianna M. Verness , and Joseph W. Goodnight , Chief Deputy Public Defenders, Washoe County, for Petitioner.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Carson City; Christopher J. Hicks , District Attorney, and Marilee Cate , Appellate Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County; Mark Jackson , District Attorney, Douglas County, for Real Party in Interest.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, EN BANC.


OPINION

This is the second time this court has considered the scope of a grand jury's authority to return an indictment for offenses committed by petitioner Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman. Last year, we held that a grand jury may inquire into an offense as long as venue is proper for that offense in the...

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