Bennett v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada Ex Rel. County of Clark

OPINION

Petitioner Edward Bennett seeks this court’s intervention in the proceedings below and challenges a district court decision finding that our opinion in McConnell v. State 1 provided the State with good cause to file an amended notice alleging additional aggravating circumstances pursuant to SCR 250(4)(d). He also asks this court to strike the aggravating circumstances contained within that notice.

Our intervention in this matter by way of a writ of mandamus is warranted, and we grant Bennett’s petition. An opinion of this court does not establish good cause as contemplated by SCR…