Wrenn v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

The appellant was charged with open murder in violation of NRS 200.010. After a preliminary examination he was bound over to the district court for trial. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied, and he appeals.

The principal contention of the appellant is that the evidence at the preliminary examination was insufficient to show that a first degree murder had been committed because there was no direct proof of malice aforethought, and thus the evidence adduced was less than sufficient to constitute probable cause to hold the appellant on an open murder charge. We reject that…