Peremptory challenges are used in civil and family court cases when a litigant wants a case to be randomly assigned to a different judge.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn Newberg began covering the courts and legal affairs for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October 2021. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
An adult film actor has pleaded guilty to disobeying police officers after he stole a cab on the Strip last year and led police on a pursuit toward Logandale.
A prosecutor said Thursday that Collins had agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of reckless driving and a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
A Las Vegas judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for a woman who has been arrested on suspicion of DUI seven times in Clark County.
A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to between 16 and 40 years in prison for a fatal DUI crash last year that killed two bicyclists near UNLV.
Former Raiders player Damon Arnette filed a petition asking a judge to dismiss charges he faces in connection with a confrontation with valet employees outside the Park MGM last year.
Attorneys appeared in court Wednesday for a hearing on a proposed protocol for police and prosecutors to search through the personal devices of slain investigative reporter Jeff German.
The Review-Journal argued in a Monday filing that allowing police and prosecutors to search Jeff German’s phone and computers would damage journalism.
A Las Vegas judge sentenced a 43-year-old woman to at least eight years in prison for her role in the 2019 killing of a model whose body was found in the desert encased in concrete.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association has filed a lawsuit claiming the state retirement system inaccurately told lawmakers that a bill addressing retirement funds would cost nearly $82 million.
A Pahrump jury has sentenced a man for his role in torture and death of a 27-year-old man in the Nye County desert nearly two years ago.
Tony Hsieh’s former attorney claimed in court documents that text messages she received from the late Zappos CEO’s father indicate his family did not believe Hsieh was struggling with drug use around the time of his death.
A Las Vegas judge delayed a trial that was set to begin this month for a woman accused of driving her car onto a sidewalk, killing one person and injuring dozens.
He is accused of brandishing a gun at the valet employees on Jan. 28, 2022, and then driving away from the casino before he was arrested at a nearby gas station.