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DUI laws in Nevada are finally catching up to modern day legalization and use of marijuana. Effective July 1, 2021, Assembly Bill 400 went into effect which does away with the per se limits for marijuana on first and second time misdemeanor DUI allegations.
The courtroom is sometimes referred to as life’s greatest stage. Attorneys and witnesses become actors, trying to recreate for jurors a past incident. They are judged on their performance by jury who assessing body language, facial expressions, and demeanor. This process is set up to be in person so that you can see the whole person from the face to the toes while making judgment. The trial adversarial process is not meant to be via video.
Back in 2018, Christopher Anderson was charged with the allegation of domestic battery, a misdemeanor in Las Vegas Municipal Court. His attorney demanded a jury trial which the court refused. In Nevada, only charges with carry more than a possible 6 months in jail as punishment are allowed jury trials.
There will be big changes for DUI offenders in the State of Nevada. In 2017, the Nevada legislation passed several amendments changing the current DUI laws to be implemented, or take effect, October 1, 2018. Anyone arrested or charged October 1 or after will be subject to these new changes.
Justin Langford appealed from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict of lewdness with a child under the age of 14. His victim H.H., told a nurse assistant at school that her stepfather, Langford, was sexually abusing her…
Pursuant to a jury conviction of two counts of lewdness with a minor under the age of fourteen, Appellant Jericho Brioady filed a motion for a new trial on the basis of juror misconduct.
A.J. , age15 at the time of her arrest., was observed by LVPD walking back and forth on the street. At first she refused to give up her name or identifying information, but eventually explained that the past three months she had been working as a prostitute for an older man who had recruited her…
This was an appeal from a district court order granting a writ of mandamus from a dismissal of criminal complaints. Giano Amado was arrested for a battery constituting domestic violence when he pushed his aunt to the floor. He posted a bail bond the same day and was released…
John Henry II appealed a district court order denying his post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant claimed that the district court erred by rejecting his claim that defense counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate the facts surrounding his home invasion charge.
Defendant Renteria was convicted of 36 felony sexual offenses and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 85 years. Following the conviction, Mr. Renteria filed a timely pro se post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus and requested counsel be appointed.
How technology influences our lives and infringes on our rights is a question that courts across the county struggle to answer. In Bentonville, Arkansas, the court was asked to decide whether Amazon had to turn over recordings from the Amazon Echo device located in the home of James Bates…
In 2014, a small circuit court judge in Virginia Beach issued a decision which is quickly being adopted by courts across the country. The defendant, Charles Baust, was accused of assaulting and strangling his girlfriend. The girlfriend told police that Baust had a video recorder in the room where the assault took place and that the images were relayed to Baust’s cellphone…