Legal Opinion

Rottman v. Kent

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1981No. 11174Published

1Opinion of the Court

*185OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

After a proper hearing, the state revoked David Kent’s license as a bailbondsman and levied against him administrative fines totaling $1,000.00. The two grounds for revocation were that he paid off a municipal judge in return for preferential treatment and that he gave perjurious testimony to the grand jury concerning those payoffs.

Evidence of such misconduct was taken entirely from admissions made in grand jury testimony given by Kent, who was granted federal immunity under 18 U.S.C. § 6002. By virtue of that immunity, no testimony or information derived from…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Childs v. McCordDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1976
  2. Laman v. Nevada Real Estate Advisory CommissionNevada Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Burley v. United States Drug Enforcement AdministrationDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1977

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