Jones v. Sheriff, Washoe County

OPINION

In a three count indictment returned by the Washoe County Grand Jury, appellants were charged with murder (NRS 200.-030), robbery (NRS 200.380) and burglary (NRS 205.060). This appeal 1 is from an order denying their pre-trial petition for habeas relief in the district court and their sole contention is, that since the decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), they are, as a matter of right, entitled to be admitted to bail.

The thrust of their argument is that only capital offenses were non-bailable and that since Furman proscribes the imposition of the death penalty, capital…