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Nevada Supreme Court: Theft Offenses and Possessing or Receiving Stolen Property Offenses Are Mutually Exclusive and Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Conviction for Both Offenses When Based on Same Con...

Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025

Filed under: Double jeopardy, Theft, Stolen Property

Nevada Supreme Court: Theft Offenses and Possessing or Receiving Stolen Property Offenses Are Mutually Exclusive and Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Conviction for Both Offenses When Based on Same Conduct by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Nevada reaffirmed that theft offenses and possessing or receiving stolen property …

Las Vegas Jury Finds Detectives Fabricated Evidence Against Woman Who Spent 15 Years in Prison for Murder and Awards Her $34 Million

Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, False Statements/Perjury, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of

Las Vegas Jury Finds Detectives Fabricated Evidence Against Woman Who Spent 15 Years in Prison for Murder and Awards Her $34 Million by James Mills by James Mills A Nevada jury ruled that two Las Vegas homicide detectives fabricated evidence against a local woman in a 2001 murder. Kirstin “Blaise” …

Nevada Supreme Court Announces Incorporated Probable Cause Affidavit Cannot Broaden Scope of Warrant’s Description of Places and Persons to be Searched or Items to Be Seized

Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024

Filed under: Probable/Proximate Cause, Warrants - Requirements/Scope/Exceptions

Nevada Supreme Court Announces Incorporated Probable Cause Affidavit Cannot Broaden Scope of Warrant’s Description of Places and Persons to be Searched or Items to Be Seized by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court for the State of Nevada reversed a trial court’s order denying a defendant’s suppression …

News In Brief

Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Alabama: WSFA out of Mobile reported that on August 22 and 23, 2024, a sex trafficking sting operation occurring in several jurisdictions resulted in the arrests of 11 men. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and other law enforcement officials discussed the results at a press conference. …

News in Brief

Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Former Centre policeman Michael Kilgore, 40, should have known co-conspirators will bumble any crime. After his co-conspirator went singing to authorities, Kilgore was fired and charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in May 2023. WRCB reported, that according to the plea agreement, Kilgore …

Morris v. Aranas, et al., NV, Verdict Form, Deliberate Indifference (Medical/Failure to Protect), 2024

Brief • August 29, 2024

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Morris v. Aranas, et al., NV, Verdict Form, Deliberate Indifference (Medical/Failure to Protect), 2024 Case 3:18-cv-00310-CLB Document 188 Filed 08/29/24 Page 1 of 5 _ _ FILED _ _ ENTERED ___ RECEIVED _ _ SERVED ON COUNSEUPARTiES OF RECORD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 DISTRICT OF NEVAD 2 *** 3 …

Nevada Supreme Court Announces District Courts Have No Discretion to Deny Motion to Set Aside Judgment of Conviction Filed by Statutorily Qualified Defendants Under NRS 176A.240(6)(a)

Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024

Nevada Supreme Court Announces District Courts Have No Discretion to Deny Motion to Set Aside Judgment of Conviction Filed by Statutorily Qualified Defendants Under NRS 176A.240(6)(a) by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Nevada held that district courts have no discretion to deny a motion to set …

Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024

Brief • March 18, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased V. The …

Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Settlement Agreement, Suicide, 2024

Brief • March 18, 2024

Filed under: Suicides

Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Settlement Agreement, Suicide, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased v. The State of Nevada …

Ninth Circuit Explains Martinez ‘Cause’ and ‘Prejudice’ to Excuse Procedural Default in Federal Habeas Proceeding Where Claim of IAC in State Proceedings Was Procedurally Defaulted Due to Postconvicti...

Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023

Filed under: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Probable/Proximate Cause, Prejudice - Potential for Undue, Timeliness

Ninth Circuit Explains Martinez ‘Cause’ and ‘Prejudice’ to Excuse Procedural Default in Federal Habeas Proceeding Where Claim of IAC in State Proceedings Was Procedurally Defaulted Due to Postconviction Counsel’s Failure to Timely Raise Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit explained …

Estate of Perez v. Cox, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023

Brief • September 3, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Death

Estate of Perez v. Cox, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Perez v. Cox Case No.: 2: l 5-cv-1572, hereinafter referred to as: "The Matter" Plaintiffs: Defendants: Victor Perez, as special administrator of the estate of Carlos Perez; Victor …

News in Brief

Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by California: Reported by KHSL in Chico/Redding, Nicholas Lee Rush, 49, a Chico Police Officer, has been charged with providing marijuana to an underage family member, 17, and also encouraging the teen to share the stash with his girlfriend. In 2022, an investigation into whether Rush was …

Richards v. Cox, NV, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2023

Brief • July 19, 2023

Filed under: Excessive Force

Richards v. Cox, NV, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2023 Amy Stephenson Director Joe Lombardo Governor Vacant Deputy Director STATE OF NEVADA Jim Rodriguez Administrator GOVERNOR'S FINANCE OFFICE Budget Division I Carson City, NV 89701-4298 Phone: (775) 684-0222 Iwww.budget.nv.gov I Fax: (775) 684-0260 209 E. Musser Street, Suite 200 Date: July 25, …

Nevada Supreme Court: Trial Court Erred in Denying Motion to Substitute Counsel Where Ample Evidence Showed Counsel Was Unprepared and Motion Timely

Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023

Filed under: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Recusal Motions

Nevada Supreme Court: Trial Court Erred in Denying Motion to Substitute Counsel Where Ample Evidence Showed Counsel Was Unprepared and Motion Timely by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead The Supreme Court of Nevada ruled that a trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to substitute counsel where the record demonstrated …

News in Brief

Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: The DOJ Civil Rights Division announced on Oct. 21, 2022, that a former sheriff’s deputy in Dallas County was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in the middle of the day on Jan. 30, 2020. The Miami Herald reported that the then-active deputy, …

Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Detective Who Arrested Anti-Police-Slogan Sidewalk Chalkers, but Not Other Chalkers Whose Content Wasn’t Anti-Police, Even Though There Was Probable Cause to A...

Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023

Filed under: Protests, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Detective Who Arrested Anti-Police-Slogan Sidewalk Chalkers, but Not Other Chalkers Whose Content Wasn’t Anti-Police, Even Though There Was Probable Cause to Arrest by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a Las Vegas, Nevada, police …

Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions, Inc., NV, Stipulation and Order Regarding Class Notice, Debit Cards, 2022

Brief • December 21, 2022

Filed under: Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions, Inc., NV, Stipulation and Order Regarding Class Notice, Debit Cards, 2022 Case 3:20-cv-00509-MMD-CSD Document 70 Filed 12/21/22 Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 THIERMAN BUCK LLP 7287 Lakeside Drive Reno, NV 89511 (775) 284-1500 Fax (775) 703-5027 Email info@thiermanbuck.com www.thiermanbuck.com …

News in Brief

Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Court documents revealed the week of Oct. 3, 2022, show that a former Brookside police chief, Mike Jones, was indicted by a grand jury for speeding and impersonating an officer. AL.com reported that Jones had resigned from his post as the town’s Chief of Police …

Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions Inc., NV, Order, Debit Cards, 2022

Brief • November 15, 2022

Filed under: Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions Inc., NV, Order, Debit Cards, 2022 Case 3:20-cv-00509-MMD-CSD Document 65 Filed 11/15/22 Page 1 of 17 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 CHRISTOPHER WATKINS, et al., 7 8 9 Plaintiffs, v. 12 13 14 15 16 17 …

News in Brief

Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Connecticut: On Apr. 15, 2022, a Norwalk police officer of 10 years was arrested of assaulting a family member. WVIT, a news channel serving New Britain, reports that officer Jermaine Nash, 44, was arrested after a call was made to police in the mid-afternoon of the …