McKenna v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that admissible penalty evidence must satisfy NRS 48.035(1)
• recognizing that admissible penalty evidence must satisfy NRS 48.035(1)
• noting that the “[fjailure to object to or request a jury instruction precludes appellate review, unless the error is patently prejudicial and requires the court to act sua sponte to protect the defendant’s right to a fair trial”
• reviewing the denial of a motion for a mistrial for an abuse of discretion
• precluding appellate review of unrequested jury instructions unless instruction's absence is patently prejudicial
• \[A] defendant's character and record are relevant to the jury's determination of the appropriate sentence for a capital crime.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-07-24· cited 144×
• Tavares v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-09-17· cited 101×
• McConnell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-29· cited 95×
• Carter v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-10-20· cited 95×
• Hollaway v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-23· cited 66×
• Harte v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-12-04· cited 52×
• Browning v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-07-24· cited 44×
• Johnson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-12-28· cited 42×
• Garcia v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 39×
• Floyd v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-03-13· cited 37×
• Herman v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-02-23· cited 10×
• State v. Sample
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-04-05· cited 4×
• Watson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2014-10-02
• Bowman v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2016-04-28
• STATE VS. SAMPLE (GREGORY)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-04-05
• BOWMAN (FREDRICK) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2016-10-27
• BURNSIDE (TIMOTHY) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY/DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-25
• Burns (David) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-01-23
• Collman (Thomas) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-03-27
• Kendrick (Malik) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-05-20