Case Name: SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE ARVEY, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1977-02-16
Citations: 93 Nev. 72
Docket Number: No. 9468
Parties: SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE ARVEY, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 72–73

Head Matter:
SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE ARVEY, Respondent.
No. 9468
February 16, 1977
560 P.2d 153
Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City; George E. Holt, District Attorney, and J. Michael McGroarty, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Appellant.
William B. Terry, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
Indicted for a gross misdemeanor, Lawrence Arvey filed a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court considered and granted the petition and the state has appealed. We do not consider the merit, if any, of the appeal.
Arvey's habeas petition was not "verified by the oath or affirmation of the party making the application," as required by Nev. Rev. Stat. § 34.370(3). Therefore, the petition was not cognizable in the district court; accordingly, we, sua sponte, reverse and instruct the lower court to dismiss the habeas petition.