Nevada Code § 34.710

Limitations on submission and consideration of pretrial petition
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1. A district court shall not consider any
pretrial petition for habeas corpus:
(a) Based on alleged lack of probable cause or
otherwise challenging the courts right or jurisdiction to proceed to the trial
of a criminal charge unless a petition is filed in accordance with NRS 34.700 .
(b) Based on a ground which the petitioner could
have included as a ground for relief in any prior petition for habeas corpus or
other petition for extraordinary relief.
2. If an application is made to the Court
of Appeals for a writ of habeas corpus and the application is entertained by
the Court of Appeals, and thereafter denied, the person making the application
may not submit thereafter an application to the district judge of the district
in which the applicant is held in custody, nor to any other district judge in
any other judicial district of the State, premised upon the illegality of the
same charge upon which the applicant is held in custody.
3. If an application is made to a justice
of the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus and the application is
entertained by the justice or the Supreme Court, and thereafter denied, the
person making the application may not submit thereafter an application to the
Court of Appeals, the district judge of the district in which the applicant is
held in custody, nor to any other district judge in any other judicial district
of the State, premised upon the illegality of the same charge upon which the
applicant is held in custody.

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