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Legal error lets Las Vegas robber strike again, authorities say

More than a year ago, prosecution mistakes allowed Brian Wright to beat charges of robbing three jewelry stores and walk out of court a free man. Now he’s back in custody accused of another robbery.

Nevada Supreme Court rulings favor HOAs

The state Supreme Court on Thursday issued two rulings bolstering homeowners associations’ ability to sell houses through foreclosure.

Desai’s murder conviction overturned three months after death

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a second-degree murder conviction against the Las Vegas doctor imprisoned under 27 criminal counts related to the city’s 2007 hepatitis C outbreak.

Las Vegas marijuana defendant acquitted, still on the lam

The lawyers waited in courtroom 6A for over an hour, speculating as to Bing Han’s whereabouts. Han, who was acquitted in a case involving a marijuana grow operation, didn’t answer repeated phone calls from his attorney, Gabriel Grasso.

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Las Vegas judge recalls testifying in O.J. Simpson’s murder trial

More than 22 years have passed since Kathleen Delaney, now a sitting judge in Clark County District Court, received the notice that she would have to testify in O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, but she recites details of the story as if it happened 22 hours ago.

 
Cases against accused Las Vegas squatter allowed to proceed

A Clark County judge ruled accused squatter Thomas Benson, who authorities say follows an anti-government ideology as a so-called “sovereign citizen,” is competent to proceed in criminal cases against him.

New day dawns for graduates of Las Vegas youth court program

Las Vegas Municipal Court’s Youth Offender Court — a program focused on family treatment, substance abuse classes, community service and life skills — gives young offenders a chance for a new start.

Accused squatter faces competency hearing in Las Vegas

Miguel Barraza was in a downtown Las Vegas courthouse, waiting to testify before a grand jury about accused squatter Thomas Benson, when his daughter got a phone call.

North Las Vegas man sentenced in fatal 2014 shooting

A North Las Vegas man was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 16 years and a maximum of 45 years in prison after pleading guilty in May to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the 2014 shooting death of Roland Pleasant.

Rallies support defendants in Bunkerville standoff case

Hundreds of supporters turned out at a Las Vegas event Saturday night supporting the defendants facing trial in the Bunkerville standoff case.

Henderson psychologist charged with murder can reopen practice

A psychologist accused of killing his wife and staging her death as a suicide can start practicing medicine again in less than four months, the Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners decided Friday.