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Murder Felony Is Felony Murder: How The Nevada Supreme Court's Decision In Nay V. State Reflects The Growing Misconception Surrounding "Afterthought" Robbery, Joshua P. Gilmore Apr 2009

Murder Felony Is Felony Murder: How The Nevada Supreme Court's Decision In Nay V. State Reflects The Growing Misconception Surrounding "Afterthought" Robbery, Joshua P. Gilmore

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Summary Of In Re Application Of Shin, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 10, Kendal L. Davis Mar 2009

Summary Of In Re Application Of Shin, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 10, Kendal L. Davis

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Savage V. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 2, Moorea Katz Jan 2009

Summary Of Savage V. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 2, Moorea Katz

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Consolidated petitions for writs of mandamus that challenged district court failures to consider applications pursuant to NRS 484.37941 on their merits.


Summary Of Stromberg V. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, Brandon Johansson Jan 2009

Summary Of Stromberg V. Dist. Ct., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, Brandon Johansson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Original petition for a writ of mandamus challenging the district court’s decision to deny petitioner’s request to apply for treatment.


When Reading Between The Lines Is Not Enough: Lessons From Media Coverage Of A Domestic Violence Homicide-Suicide, Elizabeth L. Macdowell Jan 2009

When Reading Between The Lines Is Not Enough: Lessons From Media Coverage Of A Domestic Violence Homicide-Suicide, Elizabeth L. Macdowell

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In October 2008, Karthik Rajaram murdered his wife, mother-in-law, sons and, ultimately, himself, in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. This Article analyzes media reports about the deaths to illustrate the resilience of patriarchy and significant gaps in research and scholarship about domestic violence, and suggests a strategic approach to building counter-narratives about violence against women.

The Article is composed of five parts. Part I is the Introduction. Part II draws on narrative theory and critical media scholarship to lay the groundwork for analysis, and to show why media coverage of homicide-suicide is implicated in the production of dominant ideology.

Part …


Last Best Chance For The Great Writ: Equitable Tolling And Federal Habeas Corpus, Anne R. Traum Jan 2009

Last Best Chance For The Great Writ: Equitable Tolling And Federal Habeas Corpus, Anne R. Traum

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This Article examines an important unsettled question in federal habeas law: whether equitable tolling is available under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas petitions filed by state prisoners. The answer to this question will determine access to federal judicial review of thousands of prisoners’ claims that their convictions resulted from violations of their federal constitutional rights in state courts. In twelve cases reviewing the statute of limitations under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), the Supreme Court has curtailed the availability of statutory tolling of the limitations period. Equitable tolling of the statute of …


Queer Lockdown: Coming To Terms With The Ongoing Criminalization Of Lgbtq Communities, Ann Cammett Jan 2009

Queer Lockdown: Coming To Terms With The Ongoing Criminalization Of Lgbtq Communities, Ann Cammett

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The criminal justice system exacts a toll on some Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) communities. The experience of living in poverty and the concomitant exposure to a variety of governmental systems puts all poor, but especially LGBTQ low-income people of color, at risk of incarceration. What typically goes unexamined are the myriad ways that LGBTQ people are drawn into and experience the carceral system because of sexual identities and expression. This negative effect surfaces at every conceivable level: the marginalization and subsequent criminalization of queer youth; anti-gay bias in the judicial system; the rerouting of domestic violence cases …


Summary Of Valdez V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 97, Elham Roohani Nov 2008

Summary Of Valdez V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 97, Elham Roohani

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Cumulative effect of prosecutorial misconduct and the abuse of discretion on the part of the district court through a failure to give the jury a written bifurcation instruction and the resultant effect of juror misconduct warrants reversal warranted reversal of a first-degree murder and attempted murder conviction.


Summary Of State V. Harte, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 82, Ian Houston Oct 2008

Summary Of State V. Harte, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 82, Ian Houston

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order partially granting a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a death penalty case.


Summary Of Hernandez V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 83, Julian R. Gregory Oct 2008

Summary Of Hernandez V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 83, Julian R. Gregory

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying Defendant’s post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a capital case.


Summary Of Rubio V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 87, Holly Cheong Oct 2008

Summary Of Rubio V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 87, Holly Cheong

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying relief for ineffective assistance in a criminal case resulting in deportation.


Summary Of Knipes V State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 79, Miranda Mahe Oct 2008

Summary Of Knipes V State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 79, Miranda Mahe

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a conviction of driving under the influence causing death on the basis that the district court failed to follow the procedural safeguards for juror questioning.


Summary Of Davidson V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Moorea Katz Oct 2008

Summary Of Davidson V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 76, Moorea Katz

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a criminal conviction of two counts of burglary, two counts of robbery, two counts of battery, and adjudication as a habitual criminal.


Summary Of Mitchell V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 107, Aubree Nielsen Sep 2008

Summary Of Mitchell V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 107, Aubree Nielsen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Donald Mitchell appeals his second-degree murder conviction. Mitchell argues that the district court trial contained five procedural errors, the most significant being a violation of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.


Summary Of Picetti V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 68, Kristopher Zeppenfeld Sep 2008

Summary Of Picetti V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 68, Kristopher Zeppenfeld

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This appeal arises from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, of one count of driving under the influence (DUI), which is his third offense within 7 years, a class B felony. Paul Thomas Picetti (“Picetti”) contends that the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress his prior DUI convictions. Moreover, he claims the district court erroneously refused to allow him an opportunity to apply for a treatment program established in NRS 484.379412 for third offense DUI offenders.


Summary Of Chartier V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 66, Kelly Stout Sep 2008

Summary Of Chartier V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 66, Kelly Stout

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This case is an appeal from a jury conviction in district court on one count of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon.


Summary Of Fergusen V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 69, Tara Zimmerman Sep 2008

Summary Of Fergusen V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 69, Tara Zimmerman

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a judgment of conviction, upon jury verdict, of one count each of burglary, sexual assault, robbery, and first-degree kidnapping.


Summary Of Browning V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 50, Philip Erwin Jul 2008

Summary Of Browning V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 50, Philip Erwin

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This is an appeal from a sentence of death after remand for a new penalty hearing.


Summary Of State V. Dist. Ct. (Pullin), 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 54, Katie Maw Jul 2008

Summary Of State V. Dist. Ct. (Pullin), 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 54, Katie Maw

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This case came to the Court on a petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court’s order sentencing the real party in interest pursuant to NRS 193.165 amendments, which were made affective after the crimes in question were committed.


Summary Of Hill V. State, 124 Nev., Advance 52, Meredith Holmes Jul 2008

Summary Of Hill V. State, 124 Nev., Advance 52, Meredith Holmes

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Defendant-Appellant argued that the district court improperly denied his motion to dismiss the grand jury indictment and pretrial petition for writ of habeas corpus based on the State’s failure to report grand jury bias.


Summary Of Diomampo V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 41, Tyler James Watson Jun 2008

Summary Of Diomampo V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 41, Tyler James Watson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a judgment of conviction, upon jury verdict, of one count of mid-level trafficking in a controlled substance.


Summary Of Haney V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 40, Tyler James Watson Jun 2008

Summary Of Haney V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 40, Tyler James Watson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying appellant’s motion to correct an illegal sentence.


Summary Of Hidalgo V. District Court, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 33, Barbra E. Zess May 2008

Summary Of Hidalgo V. District Court, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. 33, Barbra E. Zess

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Petitioner Luis Hidalgo III, awaiting a capital murder trial, successfully made a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging the alleged aggravating circumstances (solicitation to commit murder) as not being “a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person of another” as required by NRS 200.033(2)(b). Although the court found the other aggravating circumstance, murder to receive money, to be in violation of SCR 250(4)(c) requirements, the court decided to allow the State amend its notice of intent to seek the death penalty to cure the deficiency.


Summary Of Mclellan V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 25, Tyler Ure May 2008

Summary Of Mclellan V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 25, Tyler Ure

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appellant appeals conviction on 22 counts of sexual assault of a minor under 14 years of age and 20 counts of lewdness with a child under 14 years of age. Appellant argues the district court should not have entered telephone conversation recorded in California into evidence. Appellant also argues that evidence regarding uncharged acts should not have been admitted.


Summary Of Brooks V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 19, Nevada Law Journal Apr 2008

Summary Of Brooks V. State Of Nevada, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. Citation 19, Nevada Law Journal

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery with the use of a deadly weapon


Summary Of Dozier V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 12, Alissa Macomber Mar 2008

Summary Of Dozier V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 12, Alissa Macomber

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from the district court’s denial of a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus.


Summary Of Grey V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11, Katie Maw Mar 2008

Summary Of Grey V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 11, Katie Maw

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a judgment of conviction pursuant to a jury verdict.


Summary Of State V. Lewis, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13, Holly Ludwig Mar 2008

Summary Of State V. Lewis, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13, Holly Ludwig

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

State appealed a district court order granting Defendant’s presentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The Nevada Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine whether granting a presentence motion to withdraw a guilty plea is independently appealable.


Summary Of Hooks V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 50 , Nevada Law Journal Feb 2008

Summary Of Hooks V. State, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 50 , Nevada Law Journal

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


A Tangled Web Of Justice: American Indian And Alaska Native Youth In Federal, State, And Tribal Justice Systems, Addie C. Rolnick, Neelum Arya Jan 2008

A Tangled Web Of Justice: American Indian And Alaska Native Youth In Federal, State, And Tribal Justice Systems, Addie C. Rolnick, Neelum Arya

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This policy brief is intended to serve as a resource for tribes, juvenile justice professionals, and other stakeholders interested in improving outcomes for Native youth by presenting the current state of knowledge on Native youth and their involvement in justice systems across the country.