Shults 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 because “the prosecution is entitled to present a full and accurate account of the circumstances surrounding a crime,” the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting other crimes evidence that was relevant to motive (internal quotation marks omitted)
• providing that under plain error review, even when the district court errs in receiving evidence, this court will not reverse where the complained of error did not affect the appellant’s substantial rights
• relevant and necessary evidence may be presented to show “a full and accurate account” of the circumstances surrounding the crime
• victim's state of mind is at issue when defendant claims self-defense, accidental death, or suicide
• victim’s state of mind is at issue when defendant claims self-defense, accidental death, or suicide
• “But such evidence is admissible if relevant for some purpose other than to show an accused’s criminal character and the probability that he committed the crime.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Perez
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2009-12-02· cited 306×
• Partin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-03-21· cited 139×
• Leonard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-12-09· cited 80×
• Bigpond v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-03-01· cited 73×
• State v. Blanchard
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-02-05· cited 54×
• Walker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 50×
• Browne v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-02-26· cited 50×
• Tabish v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2003-07-14· cited 41×
• Berner v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-12-21· cited 22×
• Davidson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-10-02· cited 19×
• Potter v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-12-08· cited 12×
• Brackeen v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-10-24· cited 11×
• D'AGOSTINO v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1991-12-30· cited 9×
• Lawrence L. Shults v. Harol L. Whitley
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-12-23· cited 3×
• RIMER (STANLEY) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-11
• Cooper (Dustin) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-12-19
• Chadwick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Nevada· 2024-02-29

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Trammel v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-02-27· cited 1,217×
• United States v. Roland W. Brown
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-01-10· cited 216×
• People v. Schader
  California Supreme Court· 1969-08-20· cited 203×
• People v. Yazum
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-12-30· cited 188×
• Metz v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-18· cited 112×
• Deutscher v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-10-18· cited 79×
• People v. Lew
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-25· cited 66×
• McMichael v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-04-07· cited 52×
• Bails v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-02-13· cited 50×
• Edwards v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1974-07-03· cited 47×
• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1969-03-17· cited 33×
• Abram v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-05-10· cited 28×
• Plunkett v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1968-02-12· cited 23×
• State v. Tyler
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1957-10-14· cited 20×
• Grundstrom v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1970-04-08· cited 18×
• People v. Neiman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-12-21· cited 17×
• Dutton v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-07-26· cited 13×
• Carl E. Enlow v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1957-01-02· cited 7×
• Sheriff v. Gordon
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-02-21· cited 4×