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Andersen v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 42 (2019), [1] was a landmark decision of the Nevada Supreme Court in which the Court entitled every defendant charged with misdemeanor domestic battery to a jury trial in the State of Nevada. The case has been called "the most significant Nevada Supreme Court case of the 21st ...
This was the first time Nevada courts had considered police participation in the Justice Department's Equitable Sharing Program, in which federal law enforcement "adopts" civil forfeiture cases ...
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, 542 U.S. 177 (2004), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a statute requiring suspects to disclose their names during a valid Terry stop does not violate the Fourth Amendment if the statute first requires reasonable suspicion of criminal involvement, and does not violate the Fifth Amendment if there is no ...
Mississippi, Nevada: 1978–2002: 5–6+ Murdered four women in close proximity to his Las Vegas apartment [17] Terry Childs: Nevada, California: 1979–1985: 5–12: Jobless drug addict who claimed he was pressured into confessing after seeing the ghosts of the people he had killed: Thomas Wayne Crump: Nevada, New Mexico: 1980: 4–7 [18 ...
Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) used a legal loophole that allowed police officers to seize property under state law and then process it federally. When doing this, NHP received up to 80% of the ...
Witnesses die, memories fade, and defendants and victims struggle to find justice as COVID-19 delays criminal court cases 'I Want This Over.' For Victims and the Accused, Justice Is Delayed as ...
Stiglich has previously served as a member on the Supreme Court's Commission on Statewide Rules of Criminal Procedure, Jury Instruction Subcommittee and the Nevada Legislature's Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice, both as a member and on the Victims of Crime Subcommittee. [6]
Most victim advocacy programs focus on either DV (domestic violence) or SA (sexual assault). Survivors also advocate for improved court procedures and legal assistance for victims. [2] Many crime victims are unfamiliar with the criminal justice system, due to recent immigration, language barriers, or ignorance. In the same article written by ...