Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for July 16, 2020
- Did a family court judge violate the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct.
- What is the appropriate sanction for violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct where the violation is not knowing or deliberate and aggravating factors are not present.
Figueroa-Beltran v. United States
- Is the identity of a substance an element of the crime articulated in NRS 453.333.
- Is sexual conduct between certain school employees or volunteers and students who are old enough to consent to sexual conduct an unlawful act perpetrated upon the person of a minor such that it is a predicate offense for first-degree kidnapping.
- Is psychiatric expert witness testimony regarding a defendant’s mental state admissible for purposes of establishing that the defendant meets the not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity standard under NRS 174.035(6).