Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a coordinated series of acts furthering the underlying offense is sufficient to infer the existence of an agreement, and thus is sufficient evidence to convict a defendant of conspiracy
• explaining that conspiracy is seldom supported by direct proof and is generally established by inferences drawn from the parties conduct
• holding jury may infer agreement for conspiracy conviction from coordinated series of acts
• following Steese in concluding that “a meat-carving knife with a five- to seven-inch blade” was a deadly weapon
• noting that conspiracy is seldom proven through direct evidence
• discussing the laying of foundation in the context of admitting business records under NRS 51.135 and recognizing that \Nile government need only make a prima facie showing of authenticity so that a reasonable juror could find that the document is what it purports to be\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rose v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2007-07-26· cited 154×
• Nunnery v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2011-10-27· cited 126×
• Thomas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-02-10· cited 121×
• Kaczmarek v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-06-07· cited 112×
• Rhyne v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-01-16· cited 80×
• Rowland v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-01-24· cited 60×
• Richmond v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-12-27· cited 56×
• Summers v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-12-28· cited 55×
• Krause Inc. v. Little
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-11-21· cited 52×
• Doyle v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-02-03· cited 33×
• Thomas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-12-28· cited 27×
• Clem v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2003-12-30· cited 21×
• Libby v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1999-04-02· cited 20×
• BURNSIDE (TIMOTHY) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY/DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-25
• RIMER (STANLEY) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-11
• Knight (Wilbert) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-11-09
• Kemp (Terrell) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-09-16
• Skarpelos v. Weiser Asset Mgmt., Ltd. C/W 79526
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-03-03
• THOMAS (MARLO) v. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2022-05-26

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Hernandez v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 4,168×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• California v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,207×
• People v. Champion
  California Supreme Court· 1995-04-06· cited 312×
• People v. Beeler
  California Supreme Court· 1995-04-10· cited 218×
• Bolden v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1981-02-25· cited 198×
• Wilkins v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-04-09· cited 117×
• United States v. James Franklin Ray, United States of America v. James Franklin Ray
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-04-23· cited 79×
• United States v. William Lee Workinger
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-07-23· cited 76×
• Doyle v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-07-22· cited 71×
• Wesley v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-04-30· cited 70×
• Steese v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-05-19· cited 59×
• Lisle v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-04-24· cited 50×
• Browne v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-02-26· cited 50×
• Parker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-04-02· cited 48×
• Zgombic v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1990-09-13· cited 47×
• Scott v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-09-30· cited 35×