Potter v. Board of County Commissioners

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Upon a plea of nolo contendere, the Nevada Federal Court convicted Deíwin C. Potter of the felony of willfully making and subscribing a false income tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). Potter then held the office of Justice of the Peace, Henderson Township. By reason of that conviction, the County Clerk of Clark County certified to the Board of County Commissioners that the office of Justice of the Peace was vacant, and the Board thereupon declared the office vacant. It was the Clerk’s duty to so certify, and the duty of the Board to so declare.1…