Legal Opinion
Campbell v. Griffin in and for Carson City
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1985No. 15262PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Per Curiam: 1
Petitioner William Campbell seeks a writ of prohibition or, alternatively, a writ of mandamus, precluding the respondent district court from proceeding against him in a criminal prosecu tion for one count of escape from the Nevada State Prison, a felony in violation of NRS 212.090.
On October 13, 1977, the state filed a criminal complaint against Campbell in justice’s court alleging that he committed the crime of escape three days earlier, on October 10, 1977. The complaint was not supported by affidavits or other factual averments to establish probable cause for arrest. A…
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