Opinion
No. 59361.
10-10-2011
Francisco MATA, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Valerie Adair, District Judge, Respondents, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.
Special Public Defender Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney
Special Public Defender
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenges a district court order granting the State's motion to conduct a videotaped deposition of a key State witness and victim in a murder and attempted murder prosecution against petitioner. We have considered the petition and supporting documents, and we are not satisfied that this court's intervention by way of extraordinary writ is warranted. Accordingly, we deny the petition. See NRAP 21(b).
We deny petitioner's motion for a stay of the deposition.
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It is so ORDERED.
CHERRY, J., dissenting:
I would order an answer to the petition and grant petitioner's motion for a stay of the deposition pending resolution of this matter.