Nevada v. Kopp

*200OPINION

By the Court,

Agosti, J.:

This case presents an issue of first impression regarding whether a district court acquires jurisdiction over misdemeanors that have been joined in a single indictment or information with a felony or gross misdemeanor. We conclude that district courts do not acquire jurisdiction over misdemeanors under such circumstances.

On October 14, 1999, Timothy Kopp was subdued and arrested by officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department following a high-speed car chase that ended at the City Limits Bar on Las Vegas Boulevard. After Kopp’s arraignment in the…