Nevius v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

Petitioner/appellant Thomas Nevius claims that Justice Cliff Young is disqualified in these cases because: (1) the Attorney General, whose office represents the State, endorsed and publicly supported Justice Young in his successful 1996 re-election campaign, and (2) Justice Young stated that he upheld the death penalty seventy-six times while on the Court. The first ground for disqualification was made and rejected in State, Dep’t of Transp. v. Barsy, 113 Nev. 709, 941 P.2d 969 (1997), and that decision is dispositive of this ground for disqualification.

During the 1996 election,…