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· 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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