Legal Opinion

Franklin v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided September 10, 1973No. 7236PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*383OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

The appellant, George E. Franklin, Jr., a member of the Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners, has been indicted and charged with having committed the crime of asking a bribe by a public officer in violation of NRS 197.040. He now appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging probable cause to hold him for trial.

Franklin is free from custody upon his own recognizance. While in that status he may utilize the remedy of habeas corpus to challenge probable cause to hold him for trial. Jacobson v. State, 89 Nev. 197, 510 P.2d 856…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Lutwak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Mark Coppedge, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
  4. United States v. John Doe. In the Matter of Grand Jury Proceeding: Application of Daniel Ellsberg for Protective OrderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. FavulliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State v. GretzlerArizona Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State v. HillNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Echavarria v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Jacobs v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1975
  5. State v. EdmonsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1987

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