Khaira (Mondier) Vs. Dist. Ct. (State)

Nevada Supreme Court

Khaira (Mondier) Vs. Dist. Ct. (State)

DecidedMarch 17, 2020

Docket80598

StatusPublished

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

MONDIER KHAIRA; AND DAVID No. 80598 RESQUER, Petitioners, vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN _, A AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; 1 Ei.tvi .la

THE HONORABLE LINDA MARIE BELL; AND THE HONORABLE MICHAEL VILLANI, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.

ORDER DENYING PETITION This original petition for a writ of prohibition challenges a district court order denying a motion to dismiss an indictment. We have considered the petition on file herein, and we are not satisfied that this court's intervention by way of extraordinary writ is warranted for two reasons. First, a writ of prohibition is not available because the district court was acting within its jurisdiction when it considered the motion to dismiss. See Goicoechea v. Fourth Judicial Dist. Court, 96 Nev. 287, 289, 607 P.2d 1140, 1141 (1980) (A writ of prohibition . . . will not issue if the court sought to be restrained had jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter under consideration."). Second, NRS 178.562(2) permits the State to pursue an indictment after dismissal of a case in justice court. See NRS 34.320; see also Warren v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 134 Nev. 649, 652, 427 P.3d 1033, 1036 (2018) (recognizing that the State may appeal the dismissal of a criminal complaint or pursue the statutory options set forth in NRS 178.562(2)). Nothing in Gathrite v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 135 Nev., Op. 54, 451 P.3d 891 (2019), questioned the State's ability to seek a grand jury indictment after voluntarily dismissing a criminal complaint pursuant to NRS 174.085 or after discharge of a person accused upon a complaint pursuant to NRS 178.562(2). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

J. Silver

cc: Hon. Linda Marie Bell, Chief Judge Hon. Michael Villani, District Judge Chesnoff & Schonfeld The Law Office of John V. Spilotro, Esq., P.C. Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

MONDIER KHAIRA; AND DAVID No. 80598 RESQUER, Petitioners, vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN _, A AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; 1 Ei.tvi .la

THE HONORABLE LINDA MARIE BELL; AND THE HONORABLE MICHAEL VILLANI, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.

ORDER DENYING PETITION This original petition for a writ of prohibition challenges a district court order denying a motion to dismiss an indictment. We have considered the petition on file herein, and we are not satisfied that this court's intervention by way of extraordinary writ is warranted for two reasons. First, a writ of prohibition is not available because the district court was acting within its jurisdiction when it considered the motion to dismiss. See Goicoechea v. Fourth Judicial Dist. Court, 96 Nev. 287, 289, 607 P.2d 1140, 1141 (1980) (A writ of prohibition . . . will not issue if the court sought to be restrained had jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter under consideration."). Second, NRS 178.562(2) permits the State to pursue an indictment after dismissal of a case in justice court. See NRS 34.320; see also Warren v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 134 Nev. 649, 652, 427 P.3d 1033, 1036 (2018) (recognizing that the State may appeal the dismissal of a criminal complaint or pursue the statutory options set forth in NRS 178.562(2)). Nothing in Gathrite v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 135 Nev., Op. 54, 451 P.3d 891 (2019), questioned the State's ability to seek a grand jury indictment after voluntarily dismissing a criminal complaint pursuant to NRS 174.085 or after discharge of a person accused upon a complaint pursuant to NRS 178.562(2). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

J. Silver

cc: Hon. Linda Marie Bell, Chief Judge Hon. Michael Villani, District Judge Chesnoff & Schonfeld The Law Office of John V. Spilotro, Esq., P.C. Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk

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