Judge brings murder, attempted murder cases together

By Cara McCoy
Thursday, April 1, 2010 | 4:10 p.m.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/01/judge-brings-murder-attempted-murder-cases-togethe/

British-born Michael Lane, 37, is facing a slew of serious charges in Clark County District Court. The self-described new-age healer and motivational speaker is accused of murdering a Las Vegas woman and police say that while her body decomposed in a trash can in her garage, Lane used the dead woman's car to try to run over a transsexual he solicited on Craigslist for sex.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him.

After a ruling Thursday by a district court judge, the two cases against him – the murder case and the attempted murder case – became consolidated into one. That means that when the case is heard by a jury, the panel will hear evidence in both cases.