Hardison v. State

OPINION

At the conclusion of a bench trial Michael Hardison was found guilty of the felonious possession of stolen property (NRS 205.275). After the district judge imposed a five (5) year sentence, Hardison filed this appeal wherein his only claim of reversible error is that he was not brought to trial within the sixty (60) day period prescribed by NRS 178.556. The claim is without merit.

Although there was a period of 144 days between the date Hardison was arraigned and the date he was tried, the delay was caused by Hardison’s voluntary actions of pursuing (1) a pretrial petition for a writ of…