LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Controversy boiled up in court on Tuesday centered around Campus for Hope , a new transitional homeless facility being built on the same plot of land as the current Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Campus at Charleston and Jones Boulevard.

In the courtroom, emotions ran high, leading to contentious comments and outbursts.

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“What this gentleman has just said is very easy to see that it’s incorrect," said a nearby resident to Campus for Hope, about Defense Attorney Patrick Reilly.

“The question was, where were you in April and May in the state legislature when this was being

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