Konstantinidis v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The respondent has moved to dismiss the appeal of Kon-stantinidis from an order of the district court denying his pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The ground of the motion to dismiss is that NRS 34.380 as amended by Nev. Stat. ch. 216, § 1 at 312-3 (1979), removed the jurisdiction of this court to entertain the appeal.

The grand jury had charged Konstantinidis with having committed open and gross lewdness, a felony, NRS 201.210, and also second degree kidnapping, NRS 200.310. The indictment for felony gross lewdness was challenged for the reason…