Summary
The Nevada Supreme Court considered the State's criminal appeal from an Eighth Judicial District Court order granting Troy Richard White's writ of habeas corpus. After en banc oral argument, the court affirmed the lower court's order in an opinion authored by Chief Justice Gibbons.
Court
Supreme Court of Nevada
Writing for the Court
Chief Justice Gibbons; Justice Pickering; Justice Hardesty; Justice Parraguirre; Justice Douglas; Justice Cherry; Justice Saitta
Jurisdiction
Nevada
Decision date
July 10, 2014
Docket number
62890
Procedural posture
The State of Nevada appealed from an Eighth Judicial District Court order granting Troy Richard White's writ of habeas corpus.
Precedential value
Published, precedential Nevada Supreme Court opinion; decided en banc.
Parties
The State of Nevada v. Troy Richard White
Disposition
affirmed
Topics
habeas corpuscriminal procedureappellate procedurepost-conviction relief
Practice areas
criminal procedurehabeas corpusappellate procedure
Procedural history
White obtained an order granting a writ of habeas corpus in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County. The State appealed, the Nevada Supreme Court received briefing and heard oral argument before the en banc court, and the court affirmed on July 10, 2014.
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