Constancio v. State

OPINION

Appellant was convicted, upon a jury verdict, of rape (former NRS 200.363) and of two counts of the infamous crime against nature (NRS 201.190 as it then read; see 1977 Nev. States, ch. 598, § 17, at 1632). He was acquitted of a charge of first degree kidnapping (NRS 200.310).

1. Appellant first contends that his rights were violated by the failure of the police to apprehend and arraign him for almost a year after the May, 1977 incident upon which the charges were based. To the extent that this issue has not previously been determined by our ruling on appellant’s appeal of a pretrial…