Hobbs v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the act of spitting on another is a battery
• explaining that when Nevada copies a statute from another state, that state's subsequent case law interpreting the statute constitutes \persuasive authority\
• explaining that the physical force required for battery includes \the intentional and unwanted exertion of force upon another\ (emphasis added)
• explaining that when a statute is copied from another state, the other state's caselaw interpreting the statute is \persuasive authority\
• reviewing validity of defendant’s prior misdemeanor convictions that were used to enhance charged offense to a felony under NRS 200.485
• considering California’s caselaw interpreting its battery statute to interpret Nevada’s similar statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Robert Leeds v. Perry Russell
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-07-26· cited 21×
• Truesdell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-04-04· cited 16×
• GONZALES (MELVIN) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-07-29· cited 16×
• FIGUEROA-BELTRAN VS. U.S. OF AMERICA (NRAP 5)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-07-16· cited 9×
• State v. Second Judicial Dist. Court of Nev.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-12-06· cited 9×
• George J. v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-06-28· cited 9×
• United States v. Davion Fitzgerald
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-08-26· cited 8×
• RAMOS (GUSTAVO) v. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-12-09· cited 7×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-04-28· cited 5×
• United States v. Benito Castro
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-06-26· cited 5×
• ADKINS v. UNION PAC. R.R. CO.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2024-08-15· cited 4×
• Kabew v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2024-03-28· cited 3×
• State v. Tricas
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-12-13· cited 2×
• State v. Steven Daniel P.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-10-03· cited 2×
• Locker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-09-01· cited 2×
• MCCORD (DAVID) v. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2023-12-28· cited 2×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Nevada· 2024-04-04· cited 2×
• The Harvest Found., Llc Vs. Alt. Med. Ass'N, Lc
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-12-23· cited 1×
• Vickers v. Dzurenda
  Court of Appeals of Nevada· 2018-11-21· cited 1×
• Doolin v. Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Nevada· 2018-12-13· cited 1×