State v. Simas
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; B. F. Curler, Judge. George Simas was convicted of burglary, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The motion to set aside the indictment should have been granted.
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Appeal from the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; B. F. Curler, Judge. George Simas was convicted of burglary, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The motion to set aside the indictment should have been granted. “A list of the names so selected as grand jurors shall be made out and certified by the officers making such selection and be filed in the clerk’s office, and the clerk shall immediately issue a venire, directed to the sheriff of the county, etc.” (Compiled Laws, sec. 3869.) The foundation of the right or authority for the clerk to issue the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bonnifield, C. J.:
The defendant was convicted in the Second Judicial District Court in and for Washoe county of the crime of burglary, and by the judgment of the court was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for the term of one year. He appeals from the judgment, and from an order denying his motion for new trial.
Motion to Set Aside Indictment: The trial court denied the defendant’s motion to set aside the indictment, and the ruling is assigned as error. An indictment may be set aside on motion of the defendant on certain grounds named in section 4240, Comp. Laws; and,…
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