Tag: NRS 50.295

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for July 16, 2020

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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 November 22, 2017

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for November 22, 2017

BRADLEY VS. DIST. CT. (HUDSON)

  • Does NRS 49.209’s privilege between a psychologist and patient apply when a criminal defendant seeks records related to a patient who is court-ordered to partake in therapy.

NATIONSTAR MORTG., LLC VS. SATICOY BAY LLC SERIES 2227 SHADOW CANYON

  • Is commercial reasonableness a relevant inquiry in an HOA foreclosure sale of real property.

YU VS. YU

  • When can a post-judgment vexatious litigant determination be challenged on appeal.

GARDNER VS. DIST. CT. (HENDERSON WATER PARK, LLC)

  • Does the alter ego doctrine apply to limited liability companies.

COLLINS (LESEAN) VS. STATE

  • Were a defendant’s constitutional rights violated on the first day of trial when the district court barred him from the courtroom for disruptive conduct for a two-hour period, during which it excused individual jurors for hardship, statutory ineligibility, and language barrier reasons.
  • Can a witness offer an opinion as to a defendant’s guilt.
  • When is a defendant entitled to a jury instruction on a lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter.

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