Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 6, 2018
STATE VS. DIST. CT. (HEARN (MATTHEW))
- Is the prosecutorial veto within NRS 176A.290, which authorizes a district court to assign certain eligible defendants to a veterans court program, unconstitutional.
- Is NRS 200.481(2)(b) an enhancement statute such that battery causing substantial bodily harm cannot be enhanced for committing a crime against a person 60 years of age or older under NRS 193.167.
STATE VS. DIST. CT. (OJEDA (FRANCISCO))
- Does a district court have authority to order the State to disclose veniremember criminal history information it acquires from a government database that is unavailable to the defense.
LAKE TAHOE PROTECTION DIST. VS. BD. OF ADMIN.
- Does NRS 616B.578 require an employer to prove that it had knowledge of a specific diagnosis of an employee’s preexisting condition to qualify for reimbursement on a worker’s compensation claim.
O’KEEFE VS. STATE, DEP’T OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- What is the correct standard of review that a hearing officer must apply to a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) disciplinary decision to terminate an employee.