Goicoechea v. Fourth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Elko

OPINION

Petitioners have filed an original application for a writ of certiorari or, in the alternative, a writ of prohibition contending that respondent Fourth Judicial District Court erred when it reversed an order of the justice’s court of Elko Township granting a motion to suppress certain evidence in a criminal proceeding wherein petitioners are charged with committing a misdemeanor.

Petitioners were charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a misdemeanor under NRS 484.379. The cases were set for trial in the justice’s court of Elko Township. Prior to trial,…