Faessel v. Second Judicial District Court

Steffen, J., with whom Mowbray, J., agrees,

dissenting:

In a criminal justice system characterized and threatened by a surfeit of congestion, costs, and seemingly interminable and duplicative procedures, the judicial branch of government must be alert in seeking measures which will make the system more efficient. Of course, improvement and efficiency must be achieved without compromising an accused’s right to procedural and substantive fairness.

In my view, the majority has added, unnecessarily, to the already burdensome process of reaching full and impartial justice in Nevada criminal…