The Nevada Highway Patrol previously said the crash occurred on the Red Rock Loop while the victim, a veteran, was riding a motorcycle.
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Zaon Collins, who was a star UNLV recruit and is now a Fresno State junior, crashed into a car driven by Eric Echevarria in 2020.
Zaon Collins, who is now a junior at Fresno State, killed another driver, 52-year-old Eric Echevarria, in a 2020 crash.
Zaon Collins spent 56 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving and vehicular manslaughter. He was sued by the family of the man killed.
The Las Vegas attorney has also been accused of plotting with felons to kill a client, an allegation he denied.
A judge has struck down federal prosecutors’ plan to pursue the death penalty in a Reno case after they said they would not seek capital punishment, then reversed course last month.
A plea deal meant Zaon Collins was not tried criminally for the crash. Collins served 56 days in jail, a sentence that upset the victim’s wife.
The move comes after a public defender said the judge suggested her representation of a client was tied to a non-existent sexual relationship.
A video of the June incident showed a man attacking a woman on Rainbow Boulevard near Spring Valley Parkway.
Police said the officer fled after the crash and ‘showed several signs of impairment’ when he returned to the scene.
The decision comes days after a public defender claimed the judge suggested her representation of a client was tied to a non-existent sexual relationship.
The suspect in a fatal shooting at the Aliante casino has pleaded not guilty to federal carjacking and gun charges.
Attorneys for a Las Vegas police lieutenant, who is accused of strangling his wife, want to prevent prosecutors from using the testimony of a nurse who recently passed.
District Judge Erika Ballou also faces a pending judicial discipline case in which she is accused of violating Nevada Supreme Court rulings.
Police said Maurice Washington, 45, had a green light, but fled after the crash in the Mercedes-Benz he was driving. The pedestrian died at the scene.