WITT v. SHERIFF, 90 Nev. 417 (1974)

529 P.2d 208

FRANKLIN WITT, JR., APPELLANT, v. SHERIFF, WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA, RESPONDENT.

No. 7649Supreme Court of Nevada.
December 20, 1974

Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Grant L. Bowen, Judge.

Thomas L. Belaustegui and James W. Johnson, Jr., of Reno, for Appellant.

Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City; Robert E. Rose, District Attorney, and Michael E. Malloy, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

OPINION
Per Curiam:

In this appeal from an order denying a pretrial petition for habeas corpus, we believe evidence presented to the grand jury justified its indictment of appellant. NRS 172.155; Callanan

Page 418

v. United States, 364 U.S. 587 (1961); McWilliams v. State, 87 Nev. 302, 486 P.2d 481 (1971).

“[W]e are not now concerned with the prospect that the evidence presently in the record may, by itself, be insufficient to sustain a conviction.” McDonald v. Sheriff, 89 Nev. 326, 327, 512 P.2d 774, 775 (1973).

The order denying habeas relief is affirmed.

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