JERMAINE HICKMAN JR v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2025)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order denying petitioner Jermaine Hickman, Jr.’s motion to modify and set reasonable bail. Hickman is charged with various offenses, including open murder with the use of a deadly weapon, arising from a shooting in which one person was killed and another wounded.

Having considered the petition and supporting documents, we conclude that Hickman has failed to show that this court's extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.160; Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). Hickman argues that the district court manifestly abused its discretion in denying the motion to set reasonable bail despite the absence of competent evidence demonstrating that Hickman committed first-degree murder. But Hickman failed to provide this court with the surveillance video clips supporting the motion, which the district court considered in making the decision to deny bail. See Pan, 120 Nev. at 228-29, 88 P.3d at 844. Without the video exhibits, we are unable to assess the sufficiency of the evidence before the district court to show that “the proof [was] evident or the presumption great” that Hickman committed first-degree murder and to therefore overcome the presumption in favor of bail. Nev. Const. art. 1, § 7; see also NRS 178.484(4). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Herndon, C.J.

Bell, J.

Stiglich, J.