In re Benites
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. In the matter of the application of Frank Benites for a writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
McCarran, J.:
This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. The *146petitioner, Frank Benites, as is related in the petition, is now held by A. A. Burke, sheriff of Washoe County, by reason of an information filed against petitioner by the district attorney of Washoe County, which information is as follows: “William Woodburn, Jr., district attorney in and for the county of Washoe, in the name and by the authority of the State of Nevada, informs the above-entitled court that Frank Benites, the defendant above named, has committed a felony, to wit, the infamous crime against nature,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. WhitmarshSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
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