Case Name: JAMES COX, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1976-11-22
Citations: 92 Nev. 644
Docket Number: No. 9213
Parties: JAMES COX, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 644–645

Head Matter:
JAMES COX, Appellant, v. SHERIFF, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, Respondent.
No. 9213
November 22, 1976
555 P.2d 1326
Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and George E. Franzen, Deputy, Clark County, for Appellant.
Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City; George E. Holt, District Attorney, and Sherman H. Simmons, Deputy, Clark County, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
Pursuant to a True Bill returned by a Clark County Grand Jury, an indictment was filed October 23, 1975, which charged that on June 23, 1974, James Cox committed the crime of conspiracy to commit murder, a gross misdemeanor under NRS 199.480.
Cox sought and was denied habeas corpus and in this appeal he contends the order of the district court must be reversed. We agree.
The indictment was not filed until twenty (20) months after the charged offense occurred. NRS 171.090 provides, in part, that "[a]n indictment for any misdemeanor must be found, . . . within 1 year after its commission." Accordingly, Cox is not subject to prosecution under the indictment. See Cherubini v. Sheriff, 92 Nev. 111, 546 P.2d 598 (1976).
Reversed.
The offense subsequently achieved felony status. See Stats, of Nev. 1975, ch. 363, p. 509.