Case Name: THE STATE OF NEVADA, Appellant, v. VICTOR ROWLAND HAVAS, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1975-09-30
Citations: 91 Nev. 611
Docket Number: No. 8309
Parties: THE STATE OF NEVADA, Appellant, v. VICTOR ROWLAND HAVAS, Respondent.
Judges: Batjer and Zenoff, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 611–612

Head Matter:
THE STATE OF NEVADA, Appellant, v. VICTOR ROWLAND HAVAS, Respondent.
No. 8309
September 30, 1975
540 P.2d 1060
Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City; George E. Holt, District Attorney, and H. Leon Simon, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Appellant.
Jeffrey D. Sobel, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
By the Court,
Mowbray, J.:
Victor Rowland Havas, the respondent, was charged with rape. After a preliminary hearing, he was held to answer the charge in the district court. Thereafter, he petitioned that court for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. The State has appealed from the order granting the writ. The sole issue presented for our consideration is whether the record taken before the magistrate establishes "probable cause to believe that an offense [rape] has been committed and that the defendant has committed it." NRS 171.206. State v. Fuchs, 78 Nev. 63, 368 P.2d 869 (1962); Ervin v. Leypoldt, 76 Nev. 297, 352 P.2d 718 (1960); Raggio v. Bryan, 76 Nev. 1, 348 P.2d 156 (1960); Ex parte Liotard, 47 Nev. 169, 217 P. 960 (1923); In re Kelly, 28 Nev. 491, 83 P. 223 (1905).
After reading the transcript of the proceedings before the magistrate who saw and heard the witness, we conclude, as did the magistrate, that the record shows there was sufficient legal evidence presented at the preliminary hearing establishing probable cause to believe that a public offense, rape, had been committed and that the defendant had committed it. We, therefore, reverse the order of the district judge granting habeas, and we order the defendant to answer in the district court.
Batjer and Zenoff, JJ., concur.