Legal Opinion
Sheriff, Clark County v. Hicks
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1973No. 7074PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Mowbray, J.:
The grand jury in Clark County indicted Respondents John William Hicks and John Branch in four counts for the following crimes: Murder, 1 attempted murder, 2 burglary, 3 and conspiracy to commit burglary. 4
Hicks and Branch filed a habeas petition in the district court challenging the sufficiency of the evidence presented to the grand jury, upon which the counts in the indictment were predicated. NRS 172.155. 5
The district judge, after a hearing on the habeas petition, found that there was a lack of probable cause to sustain the murder and attempt murder counts,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RedlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- People v. WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Taylor v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Simpson v. Eighth Judicial District CourtNevada Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by28 opinions
- People v. AaronMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- State v. CanolaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
- Wooden v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1981
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