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Afternoon update

Darren Mack filed a writ petition and an emergency motion with the Nevada Supreme Court and requested that the Court stay his sentencing hearing which is scheduled for tomorrow. As could easily be predicted, the Court said no to both the writ and the motion for stay. The AP provides news coverage of the petition. An audio recording is available for Monday's oral argument in Haney v. State. The appeal presents the question of whether a judge exceeds her jurisdiction by ordering that the defendant be incarcerated for one year in the County jail with "flat time," or in other words, without the ability to earn good time credits. Recordings are also available for the civil appeals that were heard on Monday. A Las Vegas company was indicted, along with two Chinese businesses, for offenses related to tainted pet food...continue to full post

Full post as published by Harmful Error on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).