ROGER CHINN v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2024)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges the district court's denial of a motion to dismiss counts in an information. Petitioner Roger Chinn contends that the district court manifestly abused its discretion by determining that the justice court had jurisdiction to bind him over on criminal charges that were alleged to have occurred outside the justice court's township.

NRS 4.370(4), in conjunction with NRS 171.196(2), establishes that the justice of the peace had jurisdiction to conduct a preliminary hearing on the felony offenses occurring within the county. Therefore, Chinn has failed to demonstrate that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d. 849, 851 (1991). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Herndon, J.

Lee, J.

Bell, J.