Summers v. Sheriff, Clark County

OPINION

Appellant, charged with “lewdness with a minor” (NRS 201.230), was ordered to stand trial at the conclusion of a preliminary examination. He then sought habeas corpus in the district court and now appeals from the order denying that relief.

The alleged victim, a 12-year-old girl, testified, inter alia, that during the afternoon of June 28, 1973, she was clad in a two-piece bathing suit and, while chatting with appellant, he invited her into his dwelling so that he could obtain his camera and photograph her. After entering the house she was asked to get on the bed and appellant, after…