State v. Erenyi

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

In these appeals we are asked to determine the constitutionality of NRS 178.558, which became effective on January 1, 1968, 1 and superseded NRS 169.165, 2 which was in effect when the events which gave rise to these appeals occurred. In substance both statutes provide that in cases where the defendant is held in custody by another state his constitutional right to a speedy trial is satisfied if he is brought to trial within “a reasonable time” after his release from such custody. Both statutes go further and add that no motion to discharge a defendant from…