The Nevada Supreme Court adopted a historical-analog test for state civil jury rights and upheld an architecture board’s authority to impose licensing penalties without a jury.
The Nevada Supreme Court held that law-of-the-case principles—not jurisdiction—govern a successor judge’s authority to revisit an earlier ruling, and upheld removal of an unlawful plea drop-down.
The Nevada Supreme Court upheld state bans on machine guns and auto-sear-equipped firearms but reversed a duplicative modified-firearm conviction under double-jeopardy principles.
The Nevada Supreme Court reversed a murder conviction because the trial court prevented the defense from arguing that the evidence supported the defendant’s sister as the shooter.
The Nevada Supreme Court invalidated two provisions of A.B. 519 because their narrow population band singled out Elko County and permanently regulated county business.
The Nevada Supreme Court held that requiring prosecutorial consent to waive a criminal jury trial does not violate separation of powers.