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 March 1, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for March 1, 2018

STATE, DEP’T. OF BUS. AND INDUS., FIN. INST. DIV. VS. DOLLAR LOAN CTR., LLC

  • Can a payday loan licensee sue to collect on the recovery of a loan made for the purpose of refinancing prior loans under NRS 604A.480(2).

ZENOR VS. STATE, DEP’T OF TRANSP.

  • Are attorney fees prohibited under NRS 18.010(2)(b) in petitions for judicial review of an agency determination.

STATE VS. DIST. CT. (BAKER (JEFFREY))

  • Did a defendant have “an adequate opportunity” to cross-examine a witness when, immediately after the State’s direct examination at the preliminary hearing, the defendant waived his right to continue the preliminary hearing.

ANDREWS (RYAN) VS. STATE

  • Does the simultaneous possession of different schedule I controlled substances constitute separate offenses under NRS 453.3385 or must the weight of the controlled substances be aggregated to form a single offense.

PAWLIK VS. DENG

  • Does NRS 271.595, a statute governing redemption of property sold for default on city tax assessments, create two consecutive redemption periods.

K-KEL, INC. VS. STATE, DEP’T OF TAXATION

  • Did the court lack jurisdiction to consider petitions for judicial review of the Nevada Tax Commission regarding a tax refund request because they were untimely.

DEZZANI VS. KERN & ASSOC.’S, LTD. C/W 69410

  • Can an attorney be held liable for a claim under NRS 116.31183 as an agent of a common-interest community homeowners’ association.
  • Can attorneys litigating pro se and/or on behalf of their law firms recover attorney fees and costs.

JEREMIAS (RALPH) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)

  • Did the district court violate the defendant’s right to a public trial by closing the courtroom to members of the public during jury selection without making sufficient findings to warrant the closure.

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