Patterson v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

At the conclusion of a preliminary examination, Dennis Roy Patterson was ordered to stand, trial for robbery and battery with intent to commit robbery, felonies under NRS 200.380 and 200.400. Thereafter, in a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Patterson contended that insufficient evidence was produced at the preliminary examination to establish probable cause to believe he perpetrated the battery with intent to commit robbery. The district judge denied habeas, and in this appeal Patterson advances the same contention.

On December 27, 1976, Patterson allegedly seized a…