State v. Eighth Judicial District Court
Nevada Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*92OPINION
By the Court,
Zenoff, Sr. J.:1
In this action, the State of Nevada seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the district court to reinstate a sentence originally imposed against respondent, Seymore Husney, after Husney . pleaded guilty to one count of an infamous crime against nature, NRS 201.190. The State argues that the district court’s modification of sentence after Husney had begun to serve that sentence violated applicable Nevada law. Cf. NRS 176.185(4). We conclude, however, that under the circumstances of this case the district court was within its jurisdiction in so modifying the…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. Janice Weston, A/K/A Janice WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Gary MalcolmCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Silks v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1976
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