Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for July 16, 2020

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for July 16, 2020

In re Hughes

  • 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.

Lofthouse v. State

  • 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.

Pundyk v. State

  • 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).

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for August 29, 2019

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for August 29, 2019

Hager v. State

  • Is a defendant who is assigned to and successfully completes a mental health specialty court diversion program under NRS 176A.250 through NRS 176A.265 (2013) thereby adjudicated as mentally ill, making it illegal for him to possess a firearm under NRS 202.360(2)(a).
  • When can a person be convicted of illegal possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance under NRS 202.360(1)(d).

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