Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding, in a capital murder case, that the terms \boys\ or \kids\ were not inappropriate or prejudicial descriptions for the defendant's victims, who were 17 to 20 years old
• concluding, in a capital murder case, that the terms “boys” or “kids” were not inappropriate or prejudicial descriptions for the defendant’s victims, who were 17 to 20 years old
• noting that the scope of voir dire rests with the district court's discretion and its decisions are entitled to considerable deference
• noting that this court reviews a district court's decision to admit evidence for an abuse of discretion
• approving of \the district court promptly excus [ing] the jurors and admonish[ing] them\ after a disruption in the courtroom
• \Evidence of character is admissible during a penalty hearing so long as it is relevant and the danger of unfair prejudice does not substantially outweigh its probative value.\

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Valdez v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-11-26· cited 368×
• Browning v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-07-24· cited 44×
• Thomas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-12-28· cited 27×
• Harrison v. Gillespie
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-02-15· cited 23×
• Thomas v. Hardwick
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2010-05-27· cited 19×
• Maestas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-03-29· cited 16×
• Cooper v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-12-27· cited 14×
• BARLOW (KEITH) v. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-04-14· cited 6×
• JOHNSON (DONTE) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2017-10-05
• KHOURY VS. SEASTRAND C/W 65007/65172
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2016-07-28
• BURNSIDE (TIMOTHY) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY/DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-25
• COOPER (JAMES) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-12-27
• Bean (Jerimiah) Vs. State (Death Penalty-Direct)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-09-20
• Smith (Norman) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-05-14
• THOMAS (MARLO) v. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-05-26
• Rodriguez (Pedro) v. State (Death Penalty-Pc)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-08-19
• State of Iowa v. Patrick H. Booker, Jr.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2023-04-21

Cites

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

• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Darden v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
• Roper v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-01· cited 3,523×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Byford v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-02-28· cited 246×
• Thomas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-02-10· cited 121×
• Hernandez v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-08-02· cited 118×
• McConnell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-29· cited 95×
• Collier v. State of Nevada
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1985-09-05· cited 90×
• Domingues v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-05-30· cited 78×
• Johnson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-12-18· cited 71×
• Hollaway v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-23· cited 66×
• Butler v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-20· cited 66×
• Witter v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-07-22· cited 60×
• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 58×
• McKenna v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-11-25· cited 56×
• Richmond v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-12-27· cited 56×
• Summers v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-12-28· cited 55×