Las Vegas Justice Court’s chief judge said the court has no intention of reinstating a controversial court program that banned criminal defendants from the Strip.
Justice of the Peace Melisa De La Garza said she does not expect judges to bring back the Resort Corridor Court, despite the passage of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s crime bill in November. The bill implicitly pushed for the return of the court program by formalizing its legality, but it could not force the judicial branch to reinstate a system in which only one or two judges oversee all cases involving crimes that happen on the Strip.
