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Summary Of Watson V. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Lindsay Liddell Oct 2014

Summary Of Watson V. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Lindsay Liddell

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The Court determined that (1) a Batson objection to peremptory strikes should be analyzed with reference to the amount of allegedly targeted-group members within the venire; and (2) that a jury instruction is not issued in error when there was a reasonable likelihood that the jury did not understand the instruction incorrectly, even if the rule does not comprehensively explain the underlying doctrine, so long as it accurately states the law.


Summary Of Afzali V. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 34, Sean Daly May 2014

Summary Of Afzali V. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 34, Sean Daly

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined whether a defendant has a constitutional right to know the racial composition of a grand jury that indicted him.