Sheriff, Clark County v. Warner

OPINION

By the Court,

Rose, J.:

Respondent George Henry Warner (Warner) was arrested on August 7, 1989, and charged by a criminal complaint on August 15, 1989, with one count of first degree arson and one count of *1236murder. The charges arose out of a fire on June 5, 1989, which resulted in the eventual death of Warner’s wife Carol Warner (Carol) on June 20, 1989, of pneumonia. Warner filed in the district court a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted the petition and we now reverse the district court’s order.

FACTS

The fire occurred at approximately 3:00 a.m. on…