NLV expects new road to jump-start industrial growth
A small stretch of road that opened Thursday morning could pave the way to North Las Vegas’ future as a hub for industry and commerce.
Motorists can now exit Interstate 15 and travel about a half-mile east on Tropical Parkway toward distribution centers for
Amazon, Sephora and other companies moving into a 1,100-acre industrial area rising near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
“We’re going to continue to move North Las Vegas into an economic epicenter of activity,” North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “My job is to do what I can to diversify the economy in Southern Nevada.”
About 90 percent of the industrial space near the speedway is under development with more than 4 million square feet of
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risk of bias because federal and state authorities previously had declined to prosecute Lehman.
“The question is whether an average judge in Judge Lehman’s position would have feared that the FBI might reopen its investigation or renew its advocacy for state prosecution if he made rulings favorable to Echavarria,” wrote Judge William Fletcher, who authored the panel’s opinion.
On Wednesday, Assistant Solicitor General Jeffrey Conner filed a court paper stating that the Nevada attorney general’s office anticipates taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
If the 9th Circuit opinion is upheld, the Clark County district attorney’s office will have 60 days to file a notice of intent to retry Echavarria, or he will be released from custody.
According to last week’s ruling, the FBI met with prosecutors specifically to brief them on Bailey’s investigation and to prepare them for “in court and/or appeal motions based on due process.”
Chief Deputy District Attorney William Henry promised to “suggest a chambers meeting to discuss this with all counsel present.”
“But that meeting never took place, and Echavarria never had the opportunity to request that Judge Lehman recuse,” the opinion states.
At the time of the murder on June 25, 1990, Bailey happened to be in a Security Pacific Bank branch on
FBI business when a man disguised as a woman — later identified as Echavarria — pulled a gun on a teller, according to court documents. Bailey scuffled with the robber and was fatally shot.
Echavarria was arrested in Juarez, Mexico, the next day and was returned to Las Vegas to face charges in Bailey’s death.
The local FBI building is now named for Bailey.
Contact Briana Erickson at berickson@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5244. Follow @brianarerick on Twitter.