Case Name: JACK RAINSBERGER, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1969-01-10
Citations: 85 Nev. 22
Docket Number: No. 5576
Parties: JACK RAINSBERGER, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
Judges: Collins, C. J., Batjer and Thompson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 22–22

Head Matter:
JACK RAINSBERGER, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
No. 5576
January 10, 1969
449 P.2d 254
Samuel S. Lionel, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.
Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, George E. Franklin, Jr., District Attorney, and Earl P. Gripentrog, Chief Criminal Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
By the Court,
Zenoff, J.:
Appellant contends that the warrant of execution rendered on April 9, 1968 directing death by administration of lethal gas on May 2, 1968 is invalid because the judge who signed the warrant was not the successor in office of the judge who heard the plea of guilty as required by NRS 176.495(3).
Whether the warrant was valid or not is moot. The time set for execution has passed and a new warrant will be required.
The new warrant should be drawn and signed by the judge of Department Three of the Eighth Judicial District Court in accordance with NRS ¿76.495(3 ).
Collins, C. J., Batjer and Thompson, JJ., concur.