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YOUNG v. NINTH JUDICIAL DIST. COURT

No. 21658.

818 P.2d 844 (1991)

Nathan Tod YOUNG, Chief Deputy Nevada State Public Defender, Petitioner, v. The NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, In and For the COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, and The Honorable David R. Gamble, District Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri Steik Roeser, State Public Defender, Janet S. Bessemer, Chief Appellate Deputy, Carson City, for petitioner.

Scott Doyle, Dist. Atty., Minden, for respondents.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., and Brooke A. Neilsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carson City, for amicus curiae Nevada Atty. Gen.

David McElhinney, Reno, Arthur B. LaFrance, Professor of Law, Portland, Or. for amicus curiae The Nat. Legal Aid and Defender Ass'n.

Annabelle Whiting Hall, Reno, Margery B. Koosed, Professor of Law, Akron, Ohio, for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this original writ proceeding, petitioner seeks relief from an order issued by the district court imposing sanctions in the amount of $250 on petitioner, a chief deputy public defender. Petitioner filed a pretrial motion to strike the State's request for the death penalty in a murder trial. Alleging that the death penalty was being sought by the district attorney for political reasons or as a result of a decision improperly accorded...

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