Nevada Supreme Court· 10/20/2005

Crawford v. State

Citations

121 P.3d 582
121 Nev. 744
121 Nev. Adv. Rep. 74
2005 Nev. LEXIS 88

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concluding that the defendant was not prejudiced where further questioning of a witness would not \have affected the jury's perception of [the witness's] testimony\
holding that district courts have broad discretion in settling of jury instructions which will not be disturbed absent an abuse of that discretion or judicial error
providing that the settling of jury instructions is reviewed for an abuse of discretion or judicial error
holding that, for the duty to instruct the jury on the State's burden to prove the absence of heat of passion upon sufficient provocation to arise, at least \some evidence\ in the murder prosecution must \implicate f] the crime of voluntary manslaughter\
holding that, for the duty to instruct the jury on the State's burden to prove the absence of heat of passion upon sufficient provocation to arise, at least \some evidence\ in the murder prosecution must \implicate f] the crime of voluntary manslaughter\
stressing that even if a defendant's proposed jury instruction is poorly drafted, a district court must still ensure that the substance is provided to the jury

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