State v. Eddington

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

The issue presented by this consolidated appeal is the legal sufficiency of the evidence upon which a grand jury acted in returning two indictments charging embezzlement. One (Case No. 5363) alleged that Eddington and Frisby embezzled $100,000 from the People’s Investment Company. The other (Case No. 5364) charges that Eddington, Wright, and Frisby embezzled $200,000 from the Mark Twain Life Insurance Company. Eddington and Wright challenged the sufficiency of the evidence through petitions for habeas corpus. Shelby v. District Court, 82 Nev. 204, 414 P.2d…