Case Name: JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1972-11-17
Citations: 88 Nev. 620
Docket Number: No. 6953
Parties: JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 620–621

Head Matter:
JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Respondent.
No. 6953
November 17, 1972
503 P.2d 20
James L. Buchanan II, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.
Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City, Roy A. Woofter, District Attorney, and Charles L. Garner, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
A criminal complaint, issued September 24, 1971, charged appellant with selling narcotics on April 24, 1971, in violation of NRS 453.030. Ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing he sought habeas relief in the district court, contending his Sixth Amendment rights were violated by the state's failure, without good cause, to file the charges within a reasonable time.
Appealing from a denial of the relief his brief asserts that since he was arrested May 7, 1971, the four and one-half month delay in bringing the narcotic charge constitutes inherent prejudice of constitutional magnitude. The contention is without merit and is not supported by the record.
The May 7, 1971, arrest was for pandering. The arrest for the narcotic offense was made on the same date the complaint was issued, September 24, 1971. The pre-arrest delay on the instant charge does not infringe appellant's constitutional rights. United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307 (1971), DuFrane v. Sheriff, 88 Nev. 52, 495 P.2d 611 (1972).
Affirmed.