State v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct. in and for Co. of Washoe

OPINION

By the Court,

Collins, C. J.:

The State of Nevada seeks to prohibit the enforcement of an order of the Second Judicial District Court requiring the state controller to draw and the state treasurer to pay a warrant to two court-appointed counsel for $750 for preliminary fees and expenses of an investigator to aid them in preparing the defense of an indigent accused murderer. We conclude the Petition for a Writ of Prohibition is proper; that the order exceeded the court’s jurisdiction, and direct the writ to issue.

The district judge in entering the order found there was a need by defendant…