Potter 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 flight instruction error requires reversal only if the record indicates a miscarriage of justice or prejudice to the appellant's substantial rights
• affirming a judgment of conviction despite the district court's erroneous use of a flight instruction because it did not result in a miscarriage of justice or prejudice the defendant's substantial rights
• \[Flight] embodies the idea of going away with a consciousness of guilt and for the purpose of avoiding arrest\
• \Flight is more than merely leaving the scene of the crime. It embodies the idea of going away with consciousness of guilt and for the purpose of avoiding arrest\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Weber v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-09-15· cited 109×
• Rowland v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-01-24· cited 60×
• Orfield v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-03-30· cited 13×
• Miles v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1981-03-05· cited 7×
• Harris (Barry) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-12-19
• Gould (Steven) v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-10-11
• CAMACHO (OCEAN) v. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2025-11-06

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Crowe v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1968-05-17· cited 48×
• Theriault v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-03-26· cited 38×
• Austin v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1971-12-07· cited 37×
• Shults v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-09-05· cited 34×
• Ogden v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-03-11· cited 15×
• Matthews v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-04-07· cited 11×
• Carr v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-02-28· cited 8×
• Buckley v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-09-24· cited 7×
• Globensky v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-01-24· cited 6×