Attorney Jason Earnest, center, speaks fellow defense attorneys Nadine Morton, left, and Thomas Gibson, right, at a preliminary hearing of the alleged killing of 27-year-old Roy Jaggers by Heather Pate, Kevin Dent, and Brad Mehn at Pahrump Justice Court Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Earnest represents Dent. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae