They are prepared legal documents, including all of the reasons, statutes and case law that can possibly apply. The other side is served with that motion and always responds. An attorney could be fined for filing frivolous motions. I don’t know all lawyers, but lawyers in Vegas are notoriously cheap. Plus, it would be a big ego bruise to be fined by the Clark County Bar Association.
After the paperwork is submitted, then a date is set for oral argument. Much less, motions are usually not made until just before trial when pleas have failed, if they have been offered. The Clark County District Attorney generally doesn’t plead out murder cases, though. It is almost eight months now, since Justin fired a round into his girlfriend Cheyenne’s face, killing her; eight months since he shot himself under the chin; eight months since the year turned, and my husband and I opened a law practice.