Gier v. Ninth Judicial District Court

OPINION

On September 30, 1987, Connie Weiss, a convenience store clerk in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, was robbed and stabbed to death. Petitioners Richard Gier and Lori Anne Doss were identified as suspects in the incident. On December 5, 1988, the district court in Douglas County convened a grand jury. Although the grand jury’s primary function was to investigate an alleged scandal in the county parks department, it was charged with investigating other criminal matters as well. The grand jury proceeded without notice to the petitioners, and on October 26, 1989, it returned an indictment charging…