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Summary Of State V. Castaneda_Swm, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 45, Sean W. Mcdonald
Summary Of State V. Castaneda_Swm, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 45, Sean W. Mcdonald
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
Appeal from order of dismissal of indecent exposure charges, after the district court judge concluded the state indecent exposure statute was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.
Summary Of Hoagland V. State, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. 37, Meredith Still
Summary Of Hoagland V. State, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. 37, Meredith Still
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The district court rejected appellant Richard William Hoagland’s argument that necessity is a defense to driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). The judge did not permit Hoagland to submit jury instructions on the defense or to present evidence to the jury to support the defense. In this case, the Nevada Supreme Court considered whether a defendant may assert a necessity defense to DUI.
Summary Of Bahena V. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 57, Michael Gianelloni
Summary Of Bahena V. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 57, Michael Gianelloni
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
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Summary Of Ramirez V. State, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 22, Anthony R. Sassi
Summary Of Ramirez V. State, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 22, Anthony R. Sassi
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction in the Second Judicial District Court, pursuant to a jury verdict of second-degree felony murder by means of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment.
Summary Of State Of Nevada, Dmv V. Taylor-Caldwell, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14 , David Krawczyk
Summary Of State Of Nevada, Dmv V. Taylor-Caldwell, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14 , David Krawczyk
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
Consideration of whether Nev. Rev. Stat. §484.384 mandates driver’s license revocation when two consecutive breath samples are obtained from a DUI suspect and only one breath sample tests over the legal limit for alcohol.
Summary Of Higgs V. State, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, Kathleen Wilde
Summary Of Higgs V. State, 126 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, Kathleen Wilde
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
A multi-faceted appeal from a Second Judicial District Court conviction of first-degree murder.
Herring V. United States: Mapp's "Artless" Overruling?, Michael Vitiello
Herring V. United States: Mapp's "Artless" Overruling?, Michael Vitiello
Nevada Law Journal
The central thesis of this essay is that, consistent with the “art of overruling,” the Court could have limited Mapp, for example, by extending the good-faith reasonable mistake rationale that animates cases like United States v. Leon. As developed below, the facts of Herring are quite similar to the facts of other cases where the Court upheld police conduct that, although erroneous, seemed reasonable; accordingly, excluding the illegally obtained evidence had no value as a deterrent of future conduct in light of the reasonableness of the police officer's mistake. However, Herring goes much further and points towards a much greater …