State v. Purcell

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting defendant's motion for a new trial based on conflicting evidence where only the victim's testimony supported the sexual assault/lewdness charges and the SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 4 10
• explaining that “the district court may grant a motion for a new trial based on an independent evaluation of the evidence”
• a court must set aside the verdict if \the prosecution has not produced a minimum threshold of evidence upon which a conviction may be based\
• defendant allegedly fondled victim’s breasts and buttocks

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Catanio
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-29· cited 75×
• Evans v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-10-22· cited 71×
• Vallery v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-05-17· cited 31×
• KASSA (ABEBAW) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-04-29· cited 5×
• Ward (Joshua) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-02-05
• Alfaro v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2023-08-24

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hudson v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 769×
• State v. Busscher
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1965-11-12· cited 15×
• State v. Walker
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-07-27· cited 10×
• State v. Wilson
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 9×
• Washington v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1982-12-29· cited 9×