Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that NRS 200.310(1) \is broad in its sweep\ in the context of considering the circumstances in which the Legislature intended to allow a conviction for first-degree kidnapping based on movement during a robbery
• reversing kidnapping conviction as incidental to robbery when movement from room to room occurred \only for the short period of time necessary to consummate the robbery\ for purposes of locating valuables
• reversing kidnapping conviction as incidental to robbery when movement from room to room 19 occurred “only for the short period of time necessary to consummate the robbery” for purposes of locating valuables
• referring to the “short period of time” during which 12 robbery occurred
• referring to the \short period of time\ during which robbery occurred
• Nevada’s kidnapping statute, as a matter of substantive law, requires movement that increases the risk to the victim, over and above that to be expected in any robbery—essen tially, a sufficiency-of-the-evidence determination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Enoch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 3,273×
• State v. Anthony
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-09-23· cited 280×
• State v. Salamon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-07-01· cited 243×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Warren P. Berry. Appeal of Warren Berry. Appeal of Guillermo Brignoni
  Third Circuit· 1979-08-07· cited 152×
• Jackson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-12-06· cited 102×
• Mendoza v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-03-16· cited 101×
• State of Iowa v. Scott Robert Robinson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-02-06· cited 99×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-12-04· cited 75×
• Mobley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-01-28· cited 63×
• State v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-11-08· cited 58×
• People v. Bridges
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-07-14· cited 55×
• State v. La France
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-02-21· cited 52×
• People v. Wesley
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1985-02-01· cited 42×
• Garcia v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 39×
• Pascua v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 36×
• Wilson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1983-08-24· cited 29×
• Clem v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 28×
• Langford v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-09-27· cited 18×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Ernesto Ventura
  Third Circuit· 1985-10-17· cited 16×
• Sparks v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-01-03· cited 16×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Daniels
  California Supreme Court· 1969-10-02· cited 510×
• People v. Levy
  New York Court of Appeals· 1965-02-04· cited 219×
• Woofter v. O'DONNELL
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1975-12-05· cited 58×
• Stalley v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1975-10-23· cited 21×
• People v. Ross
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-10-09· cited 19×
• Lovell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-02-27· cited 16×
• Eckert v. Sheriff, Clark County
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-12-21· cited 7×