Franklin v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

In this criminal case the district court granted the defendant’s motion to discover, inspect and copy “the statements of all persons to be called by the prosecution as witnesses at trial.” The pertinent statute does not authorize the discovery of witnesses’ statements, 1 nor does the defendant enjoy a constitutional right to discover them. Mears v. State, 83 Nev. 3, 7, 422 P.2d 230 (1967); Cicenia v. Legay, 357 U.S. 504 (1958); Leland v. Oregon, 343 U.S. 790 (1952). For this reason, the district attorney of Clark County instituted this original proceeding in…