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Pineda v. State

Citations

  • 88 P.3d 827
  • 120 Nev. 204
  • 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 24
  • 2004 Nev. LEXIS 27

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  • explaining that a homicide may be justified by self-defense only when the jury finds that the defendant reasonably believed that he was in imminent danger of being seriously injured or killed
  • right to self-defense exists 16 when there is a reasonably perceived apparent danger or actual danger
  • right to self-defense exists when there is \a reasonably perceived apparent danger\ or actual danger
  • “States that have rejected Ohler have done so because a trial court is fully aware of the proposed evidence and law when ruling on such evidence in limine, and it is a poor trial tactic for defense attorneys to wait for the prosecution to introduce such evidence on cross-examination.”

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Judges: Maupin, Shearing, Rose, Becker, Gibbons

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