Ex Parte Wheeler

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

By application for habeas corpus to the district court, Carl Wheeler sought release on bail, pending his trial for murder. The procedure is authorized by NRS 34.530. That court denied habeas relief and this appeal followed. NRS 34.380(3). We heard oral arguments eleven days before trial was to commence in the district court. Accordingly, we departed from normal practice and decided the appeal that day, September 17, 1965, affirming the order entered below. This opinion is in explanation of our ruling.

The appeal is mainly concerned with the quantum of proof…