Morales 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 a prosecutor’s statement that “there was no presumption of innocence anymore” was “improper” and constituted “plain error” (quotation simplified)
• holding that bifurcation procedure accomplishes the same policy goals as the severance mandated in Brown
• holding that bifurcation procedure accomplishes the same policy goals as the severance mandated in Brown
• holding that an unpreserved violation of the defendant's presumption of innocence did not warrant reversal
• concluding that the prosecutor erred by stating that \a presumption of innocence [existed] at the beginning of trial\ but that presumption no longer existed after the state met its burden of proof
• concluding that the prosecutor erred by stating that \a presumption of innocence [existed] at the beginning of trial\ but that presumption no longer existed after the state met its burden of proof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nunnery v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2011-10-27· cited 126×
• State v. Decker
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-03-13· cited 26×
• State v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-12-27· cited 4×
• Hemming v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-06-26· cited 3×
• GONZALEZ (ERNESTO) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-12-31
• BURNSIDE (TIMOTHY) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY/DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-25
• Marquez (Johnny) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-01-23
• Gravelle (Daniel) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-04-19
• GUNERA-PASTRANA (GUSTAVO) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-07-08

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Green v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2003-12-11· cited 196×
• Thomas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-02-10· cited 121×
• Melvin Chad Mahorney v. Ted Wallman
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-10-24· cited 94×
• Guy v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-09-03· cited 60×
• Reese v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-06-14· cited 22×
• Brown v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-11-25· cited 18×
• Emerson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1982-04-28· cited 8×
• Pagano v. Allard
  D. Massachusetts· 2002-09-12· cited 6×