Larsgaard v. Sheriff

*172OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The appellant, in custody on an open charge of murder, seeks release because of a 60-day delay in his arraignment. He asserts that such delay violates NRS 171.178(1) and his sixth amendment right to a speedy trial. These contentions were presented to the district court through a petition for habeas corpus and there denied. For reasons hereafter stated we agree with that court and affirm.

1. NRS 171.178(1) directs a peace officer to take the arrested person before a magistrate without unnecessary delay.1

After arrest the appellant promptly was taken before a…