Hulse v. Sheriff

*395OPINION

By the Court, Batjer, J.:

The appellant is a licensed physician practicing medicine in Las Vegas. He was charged by criminal complaint with unlawfully prescribing narcotic drugs in violation of NRS 453.0301 and NRS 453.080(1).2 After a preliminary examination the appellant was bound over to the district court for trial. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that there was not sufficient evidence presented to the magistrate to constitute probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed or that he had committed a crime. The district corat denied the writ and…