Ronald Mortensen, who has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years, serving a life without parole sentence for the 1996 off-duty, drive-by shooting of Daniel Mendoza, 21, admitted to two felony counts Tuesday.
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The case has been marked by an unusual degree of secrecy: a hearing at which a judge ejected the public and a sealed plea.
This will be the 14th time since 1992 that the news organization has invited Clark County lawyers to participate in the survey known as “Judging the Judges.”
The Nevada Supreme Court found a judge was justified in dismissing criminal cases after a state agency failed to promptly transport criminal defendants for treatment.
Chuck Muth, president of a conservative group aiming to clean the state’s voter rolls, filed a lawsuit alleging the secretary of state’s office violated Nevada’s public records law.
One of the teens accused in the death of a retired police chief has been indicted on a count of battery by a prisoner motivated by bias or hatred, prosecutors said.
The filing follows an unusual degree of secrecy in the case, including a plea agreement that experts said a judge improperly sealed.
Patrick Odale was pronounced dead at Southern Desert Correctional Center on Dec. 28, 2023. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled that he died by “positional and mechanical asphyxia in the setting of law enforcement restraint.”
Authorities said Jesus Robles was driving an unregistered Chevrolet Tahoe north on Jones Boulevard when he hit James McCoy Jr., 63.
One judge kicked the public out of his courtroom without explanation and attempted to hold a secret hearing; another improperly sealed a plea, according to experts.
Margaret Rudin filed her lawsuit against the state in May 2024, seeking a certificate of innocence and wrongful conviction compensation.
A Review-Journal investigation has revealed that several Clark County judges have failed to report sponsored trips to conservative-backed educational workshops.
Two residents who live near the site of an approved housing and resource facility want to stop construction while officials consider alternate sites, according to a lawsuit.
Rachel Chapman filed the lawsuit on behalf of her child, listed as B.H., against the Clark County School District and Adrian Krosnick, her son’s former speech language pathologist.
Prosecutors have said Duane “Keffe D” Davis orchestrated a plan to pay back the hip hop star and Death Row Records CEO Marion “Suge” Knight.