Nevada prosecutors are defending their handling of a confession presented to the grand jury that indicted a Salvadoran immigrant for four murders during a week-long rampage in January.
They're also providing more details about why they believe they have the authority to try him in one place for crimes that occurred in different counties.
A lawyer for 20-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman filed motions last month arguing Washoe County prosecutors lack the jurisdiction to try him in Reno for two of the killings that occurred in Douglas County.
District attorneys for the two counties said in a new court filing they're on solid legal ground because Martinez-Guzman stole the murder weapon from the two victims he shot in Reno before killing the others in rural Gardnerville with the same gun.
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