· 10/6/2011
Stephans v. State
Citations
- 262 P.3d 727
- 127 Nev. 712
- 127 Nev. Adv. Rep. 65
- 2011 Nev. LEXIS 80
How courts have described this case
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- providing where evidence admitted at trial was sufficient to sustain the conviction, the remedy for evidentiary error is reversal and remand for new trial
- considering all evidence, even if erroneously admitted, when evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence
- providing where evidence admitted at trial was sufficient to sustain the conviction, the remedy for evidentiary error is SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 3 (0) 1947A (442149) reversal and remand for new trial
- consideration of all evidence appropriate because appellate court cannot know what evidence might have otherwise been offered absent improper ruling
- the remedy for errors unrelated to sufficiency of the evidence is reversal and remand for a new trial, not an acquittal
- the Double Jeopardy Clause mandates acquittal where a conviction is reversed and there is insufficient evidence to support the verdict
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Judges: Hardesty, Douglas, Pickering
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