Eckert v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

A multiple count indictment charged Edward Donald Eckert and Victor Joseph Trapani with first degree kidnapping (NRS 200.310(1)), robbery (NRS 200.380), extortion (NRS 205.-320), conspiracy to commit extortion (NRS 199.480(2)), and the use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime (NRS 193.165). Pretrial habeas corpus challenges to the indictment were denied by the district court and in this appeal appellants reurge the same contentions they raised below.

The charges arise out of an alleged scheme to extort money from a casino in Las Vegas. The record establishes that, on June 7,…