Fields v. SHERIFF, CLARK CTY.

OPINION

At the conclusion of a preliminary examination, Frank Bailey Fields was ordered to stand trial for two counts of sexual assault, felonies under NRS 200.364 and NRS 200.366. A pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus contended: (1) the sexual assault statute is unconstitutional; and, (2) the six-year-old victim was incompetent to testify at the preliminary examination. The district court denied habeas, and, in this appeal, Fields reasserts the same contentions.

1. In support of his first contention Fields claims that the definition of “sexual penetration” contained in the sexual…