Foster v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada

OPINION

Danny Foster has filed an original petition for a writ of prohibition contending that the respondent district court is exceeding its jurisdiction in setting a trial date for him on a charge of illegally discharging a firearm because the crime with which he *5is charged in the information is a misdemeanor1, and only the justice’s court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors.2

Pursuant to NRAP 21(b), this court ordered respondent district court to file an answer against issuance of the writ on or before December 19, 1979. The order was served on the chief judge of the Eighth Judicial District…