Buchanan v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the Nevada Supreme 1 Court “has repeatedly reaffirmed the constitutionality of Nevada’s reasonable doubt 2 instruction” codified in Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.211
• explaining that circumstantial evidence alone may sustain a conviction
• “Circumstantial evidence alone can certainly sustain a criminal conviction.”
• circumstantial evidence is sufficient to support a conviction
• circumstantial evidence alone may sustain a conviction
• circumstantial evidence alone may sustain a conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Butler v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-20· cited 66×
• State v. Ward
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-12-30· cited 18×
• Watson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2014-10-02
• Conner v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2014-06-26
• ACOSTA (XAVIER) v. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2025-08-21

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Byford v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-02-28· cited 246×
• People v. Collins
  California Supreme Court· 1968-03-11· cited 205×
• Petrocelli v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1985-01-04· cited 199×
• Kazalyn v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-01-24· cited 95×
• State v. Briggs
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-08-14· cited 70×
• Miguel A. Ramirez v. Sherman Hatcher, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-01-27· cited 59×
• Hutchins v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-02-04· cited 52×
• Leonard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-01-30· cited 52×
• State v. Sneed
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-05-31· cited 50×
• Walker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 50×
• Milton v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-12-19· cited 42×
• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-08-02· cited 42×
• Boggs v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-12-20· cited 39×
• State v. Pankow
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1988-03-29· cited 37×
• Kinna v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1968-11-13· cited 23×
• Sheriff, Clark County v. Warner
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-10-22· cited 15×
• Frutiger v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-11-30· cited 13×
• Noonan v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1999-07-22· cited 9×
• Rachals v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-09-10· cited 8×
• Capetillo v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1998-11-02· cited 8×