Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for June 4, 2020

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for June 4, 2020

Belcher v. State

  • What factors are considered to help determine whether the Nevada Supreme Court should consider an error’s harmlessness when the State has not argued harmlessness in a death penalty case.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for July 25, 2019

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for July 25, 2019

Daisy Trust v. Wells Fargo Bank

  • Do Nevada’s recording statutes require Freddie Mac to publicly record a deed of trust to establish its interest in a loan.
  • Must Freddie Mac’s loan servicer produce the actual loan servicing agreement with Freddie Mac or the original promissory note to establish its interest in the loan.

Menendez-Cordero v. State

  • What measures should a district court employ when empaneling an anonymous jury.
  • Must a district court instruct a jury on the effect of a deadly weapon enhancement at the penalty phase of a trial.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 27, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 27, 2018

GONOR VS. DALE

  • Does a deceased party’s actual date of death, or the suggestion of death filed on the record, trigger the 90-day time limitation prescribed in NRCP 25(a)(1) under which a motion to substitute the proper party in place of the deceased party must be filed in order to preclude dismissal.

CAPANNA, M.D. VS. ORTH C/W 70227

  • What constitutes improper jury nullification and golden rule arguments during closing argument.

HARRIS (AMMAR) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)

  • When can gruesome photographs of a victim’s injuries be properly admitted in a criminal case.

BRANCH BANKING & TR. CO. VS. GERRARD, ESQ.

  • When does a litigation malpractice claim accrue.

IN RE: ESTATE OF SARGE

  • Is an order finally resolving a constituent consolidated case immediately appealable as a final judgment even where the other constituent case or cases remain pending.

COOPER (JAMES) VS. STATE

  • What evidence satisfies the prima facie showing of race-based discrimination to determine whether a peremptory challenge is improperly based on race.

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