Andrason v. Sheriff, Washoe County

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The appellant, Andrason, was charged with having committed the crime of battery with resulting “serious physical injury” to the victim, a gross misdemeanor. 1 Following a preliminary examination he was held to answer in the district court. In that court he filed a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to bind over and the. constitutionality of the statute under which he was charged. This appeal is from the order of the district court denying habeas relief. He contends that the evidence produced at…