Sturrock v. State

I agree that the judgments of conviction against the appellant should be affirmed, but for a significantly different reason than that reached by Justice Manoukian and concurred in by Justice Thompson.

When the district judge rejected appellant’s proffered guilty plea and set the matter for trial, jurisdiction was in the district court. At that time the judge had the discretion to remand the cause for a preliminary examination. NRS 171.208.1 Why it was not remanded is unclear in the record. When the trial judge did not suci sponte remand the cause to the justice court for a preliminary…