Sheriff v. Walsh

OPINION

On December 14, 1989, a grand jury was convened to determine whether respondents Ollie Walsh and Mathew Archuletta should be indicted on drug charges. The grand jury returned a true bill and on December 15, 1989, an indictment was filed charging respondents with one count of conspiracy to possess or sell a controlled substance and one count of trafficking in a controlled substance.

*844In Sheriff v. Marcum, 105 Nev. 824, 783 P.2d 1389 (1989), this court held that an accused must be given reasonable notice of the right to testify in front of a grand jury before that person may be indicted.…