LAS VEGAS (AP) — Court records published on Tuesday say a judge outside Las Vegas will decide if a new trial should be awarded to a convicted felon who alleged widespread corruption within the Clark County justice system.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Nevada Supreme Court denied a challenge by Marlon Brown in Nov. 2020.
But his attorney Michael McAvoy Amaya continued efforts to remove Judge Michelle Leavitt and void her orders in the case. District Court Chief Judge Linda Bell on Tuesday issued a change-of-venue order, meaning Leavitt could be a witness in Brown's post-conviction hearings.
Brown alleged that Leavitt's daughter had ties to a business he owned and had a willingness to engage in fraud. Leavitt has denied the allegations.