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Summary Of Ford V. State Of Nevada, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 36, Denise S. Balboni Apr 2006

Summary Of Ford V. State Of Nevada, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 36, Denise S. Balboni

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from jury verdict in criminal trial on grounds that prosecutors impermissibly excluded jurors based on race in violation of Batson v. Kentucky.


Summary Of Stockmeier V. Nev. Dep’T. Of Corrections Psychological Review Panel, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30, Holly Ludwig Apr 2006

Summary Of Stockmeier V. Nev. Dep’T. Of Corrections Psychological Review Panel, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30, Holly Ludwig

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from district court’s grant of a 12(b)(5) motion to dismiss in favor of Defendant Psych Panel. District court held: (1) that Stockmeier lacked standing to assert violations of the open meeting law; (2) that prisoners cannot conduct the people’s business and therefore cannot assert open meeting law violations; and (3) that Psych Panel hearings qualify as quasi-judicial proceedings and are therefore exempt from the open meeting law.


Summary Of Barnhart V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 26, Robert Reid Mar 2006

Summary Of Barnhart V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 26, Robert Reid

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Minor Discrepancies: Forging A Common Understanding Of Adolescent Competence In Healthcare Decision-Making And Criminal Responsibility, Kimberly M. Mutcherson Mar 2006

Minor Discrepancies: Forging A Common Understanding Of Adolescent Competence In Healthcare Decision-Making And Criminal Responsibility, Kimberly M. Mutcherson

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Defending And Despairing: The Agony Of Juvenile Defense, Abbe Smith Mar 2006

Defending And Despairing: The Agony Of Juvenile Defense, Abbe Smith

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Herman V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 17, Michael Pandullo Feb 2006

Summary Of Herman V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 17, Michael Pandullo

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

In this case, the Court considered two issues: (1) whether DNA evidence voluntarily submitted to a public facility to absolve a defendant of a crime may be used in an unrelated criminal prosecution, and (2) whether reading a presentence report to a jury during the sentencing phase is error when the report cannot be made part of the public record.


Summary Of State V. Sargent, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 18, Michael Pandullo Feb 2006

Summary Of State V. Sargent, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 18, Michael Pandullo

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court decided whether justice courts have jurisdiction to order a defendant to personally appear at a preliminary hearing when the defendant has filed a waiver of personal appearance and counsel has appeared on his behalf.


Summary Of Redeker V. Dist. Ct., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 14, Brandon P. Kemble Feb 2006

Summary Of Redeker V. Dist. Ct., 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 14, Brandon P. Kemble

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Arie R. Redeker, facing a capital murder trial, made a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging the alleged aggravating circumstances that he was convicted of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person of another.


Summary Of Moore V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 4, Stephanie Hamrick Jan 2006

Summary Of Moore V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. 4, Stephanie Hamrick

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appellant Moore was convicted of fraudulent use of a credit card based on an incident that took place in a Las Vegas Wal-Mart. His suspicious behavior2 while shopping attracted the attention of a loss prevention specialist. The loss prevention specialist suspected Moore might attempt to purchase goods with a credit card, and instructed a cashier to contact management if Moore presented a credit card without proper identification. Moore brought over $300 worth of goods to the cashier’s register and presented a credit card. When Moore could not produce identification, the cashier summoned a manager who took the credit card to …


Bringing Families In: Recommendations Of The Incarceration, Reentry And Family Roundtables, Ann Cammett, Johnna Christian, Nancy Fisherman, Lori Scott-Pickens Jan 2006

Bringing Families In: Recommendations Of The Incarceration, Reentry And Family Roundtables, Ann Cammett, Johnna Christian, Nancy Fisherman, Lori Scott-Pickens

Scholarly Works

Building on the findings of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable and a growing concern around the state about how to improve outcomes for the more than 70,000 individuals expected to return home from prison over the next five years, the roundtable examined the complex role that families – broadly defined – play in the lives of prisoners during incarceration and after their release. This document presents a set of recommendations emerging directly from roundtable sessions and provides a road map for individual and collaborative efforts accepted by a range of key players in New Jersey, including government officials, community and …


Peace Versus Justice, Richard J. Goldstone Jan 2006

Peace Versus Justice, Richard J. Goldstone

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Summary Of George V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op 1, David T. Gluth Jan 2006

Summary Of George V. State, 122 Nev. Adv. Op 1, David T. Gluth

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

In 2002, appellant, George, filed a writ of habeas corpus with the Nevada Supreme Court claiming he was deprived his right to appeal. The Nevada Supreme Court then discovered that defendant's original 1985 notice of appeal was never transmitted. The court directed the district court to transmit defendant's notice of appeal and appoint appellate counsel.


Summary Of Williams V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 90, Jacqueline A. Gilbert Dec 2005

Summary Of Williams V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 90, Jacqueline A. Gilbert

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

A jury, selected from the third venire, convicted Gary Jerome Williams of battery with use of a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm on Robin Swope. On June 22, 2003, Williams and the victim (Robin Swope) engaged in an altercation after Swope saw Williams speaking to Swope’s thirteen-year-old daughter. At trial, most details of the altercation were highly disputed including, who was the initial aggressor, who produced a knife, and whether Swope used highly inflammatory language. In 1985, when he was seventeen, the State of Arkansas convicted Williams of aggravated battery, sentencing him to fifteen years confinement. The Nevada pre-sentencing …


Summary Of Bolden V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 86, Kelly Dove Dec 2005

Summary Of Bolden V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 86, Kelly Dove

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Sampson V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 80, Denise S. Balboni Dec 2005

Summary Of Sampson V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 80, Denise S. Balboni

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Admission of expert testimony is within the sole discretion of the trial judge. Abuse of discretion does not exist where defense counsel waited until the eighth day of trial to seek to call a newly-named expert witness without sufficient justification for the delay. The Nevada Supreme Court adopts the rule against admission of witness and prosecution comments regarding a defendant’s invocation of Fourth Amendment rights when such evidence is used to support an inference of guilt. When the district court admits such evidence, this Court will determine the existence of reversible error by application of the same test used for …


Summary Of Blake V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 77, Anna Arroyo Oct 2005

Summary Of Blake V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 77, Anna Arroyo

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Bennett V. Dist. Ct., 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 78, Collin Webster Oct 2005

Summary Of Bennett V. Dist. Ct., 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 78, Collin Webster

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Gaxiola V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 64, Debra L. Pieruschka Sep 2005

Summary Of Gaxiola V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 64, Debra L. Pieruschka

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from a judgment of conviction, entered after jury verdict, on five counts of sexual assault of a minor under the age of fourteen years and two counts of lewdness with a child under the age of fourteen years.


Summary Of Sandstrom V. Second Judicial District Court Of Nevada, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 65, Jarrod Rickard Sep 2005

Summary Of Sandstrom V. Second Judicial District Court Of Nevada, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 65, Jarrod Rickard

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Original petition for a writ of certiorari or in the alternative a writ of mandamus challenging the district court's order reversing and remanding a justice court order granting petitioner's motion to dismiss a misdemeanor criminal complaint.


Summary Of State V. Weber, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 57, Danielle Oakley Sep 2005

Summary Of State V. Weber, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 57, Danielle Oakley

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence of death, pursuant to a jury trial.


Summary Of Phillips V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 58, Patrick Murch Sep 2005

Summary Of Phillips V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 58, Patrick Murch

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Defendant/Appellant Donald E. Phillips ("Phillips") appealed from a jury conviction of one count each of aggravated stalking and preventing or dissuading a witness from testifying, and twelve counts of extortion.


The Best Little Whorehouse Is Not In Texas: How Nevada's Prostitution Laws Serve Public Policy, And How Those Laws May Be Improved, Daria Snadowsky Sep 2005

The Best Little Whorehouse Is Not In Texas: How Nevada's Prostitution Laws Serve Public Policy, And How Those Laws May Be Improved, Daria Snadowsky

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


When A Victim's A Victim: Making Reference To Victims And Sex-Crime Prosecution, Scott A. Mcdonald Sep 2005

When A Victim's A Victim: Making Reference To Victims And Sex-Crime Prosecution, Scott A. Mcdonald

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Anderson V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, Bryce C. Loveland Aug 2005

Summary Of Anderson V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, Bryce C. Loveland

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Bellon V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 45, 117 P.3d 176, Wayne Klomp Aug 2005

Summary Of Bellon V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 45, 117 P.3d 176, Wayne Klomp

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Hosier V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 41, Robert Henriksen Aug 2005

Summary Of Hosier V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 41, Robert Henriksen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This case is an original proper person petition for extraordinary relief, challenging the validity of Hosier’s 1990 judgment for conviction citing to Article 6, Section 4 of the Nevada Constitution.


Summary Of Gordon V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, Bryce C. Loveland Aug 2005

Summary Of Gordon V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, Bryce C. Loveland

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

In this case, the Court considered two issues related to DUI charges against appellant. First, whether a jury may return a general guilty verdict based upon several legally sufficient theories of driving under the influence if at least one theory had sufficient evidentiary support. Second, whether the appellant was prejudiced by the State’s failure to gather evidence during its investigation. After a review of the evidence presented at trial, the Court concluded that a jury may return a general guilty verdict even when only one of several theories had sufficient support, and that the appellant here was not prejudiced by …


Summary Of Whisler V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 40, Jared R. Gibb Jul 2005

Summary Of Whisler V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 40, Jared R. Gibb

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The defendant, Douglas Whisler, appealed his conviction for driving while under the influence of controlled substances or chemicals.


Summary Of Fiegehen V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 30, Michael Shalmy Jun 2005

Summary Of Fiegehen V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 30, Michael Shalmy

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An intruder entered a residence, killed one person and shot another. The victim placed a 911 call, but within minutes, the 911 connection went dead. Sheriff's deputies arrived at the residence shortly thereafter and found one victim alive, lying on the floor in a pool of blood. The telephone line nearby had been cut. A body was discovered on a deck outside. Evidence implicated Christopher Fiegehen as the primary suspect. However, he abruptly fled Nevada on the day of the crime. Two months later, he was stopped and questioned by police officers in Indiana, where they apprehended him after a …


Summary Of Wilson V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 34, Kathleen L. Fellows Jun 2005

Summary Of Wilson V. State, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 34, Kathleen L. Fellows

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

A jury convicted Wiley Gene Wilson of four counts of use of a minor in the production of pornography and four counts of possession of visual presentations depicting sexual conduct of a person under sixteen years of age. Wilson appealed, arguing that his four convictions for using a child in a sexual performance were redundant convictions. In September of 2001, Wilson and the ten-year-old female victim (M.T.) left M.T.'s father's trailer to attend to errands related to installing a satellite television system. Apparently, while running errands and stuck in traffic, M.T. urinated in her clothing. Subsequently, Wilson took M.T. to …