Watson v. Sheriff

OPINION

In September 1975, Kenneth Watson was charged by criminal complaint filed in the Justice Court, Mountain City, Nevada, with battery, a gross misdemeanor pursuant to NRS 200.481 (2) (b). A preliminary examination, however, was never held, and in July 1976, the Elko County Grand Jury indicted Watson for the same offense. In a petition for habeas corpus Watson asserted prosecutorial misconduct resulted in unnecessary delay of the action against him and denied him due process of law. The district court denied habeas and in this appeal Watson reurges the same contention.

It is clear from the…