Nevada Supreme Court· 12/20/2004

Butler v. State

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102 P.3d 71
120 Nev. 879
120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 93
2004 Nev. LEXIS 142

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holding that evidence of Butler's affiliation with the Independent Nazi Skinheads was essential to show his motive and that its admission did not violate his First Amendment rights
recognizing that NRS 50.085(3) \permits impeaching a witness on cross- examination with questions about specific acts as long as the impeachment pertains to truthfulness or untruthfulness\ (quoting Collman u. State, 116 Nev. 687, 703, 7 P.3d 426, 436 (2000))
concluding, albeit in a criminal matter, that the prosecutor improperly disparaged the defense counsel when suggesting, in front of the jury, that defense counsel was being deceptive in presenting the case
explaining that a statute \must be construed as a whole and not be read in a way that would render words or phrases superfluous or make a provision nugatory\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
providing that it is improper for a prosecutor to \disparage legitimate defense tactics\
addressing good cause for prosecution’s failure to comply with requirements for notice of evidence in rebuttal to alibi evidence, NRS 174.233(2), (4

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Judges: Shearing, Gibbons, Rose, Becker

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