Blankenship v. State

2016 NV 50 (2016) · Supreme Court of Nevada · July 21, 2016 · No. Nos. 66118 and 66944

Summary

This is an en banc opinion of the Supreme Court of Nevada resolving consolidated criminal appeals in Blankenship v. State. The court affirmed the conviction in Docket No. 66118, vacated the sentence and remanded with instructions, and affirmed the conviction in Docket No. 66944.

Court
Supreme Court of Nevada
Writing for the Court
Justice Hardesty; Justice Parraguirre; Justice Douglas; Justice Cherry; Justice Saitta; Justice Gibbons; Justice Pickering
Jurisdiction
Nevada
Decision date
July 21, 2016
Docket number
Nos. 66118 and 66944
Procedural posture
Consolidated direct criminal appeals from the Second Judicial District Court of Washoe County.
Precedential value
precedential
Parties
Leron Terrell Blankenship v. The State of Nevada
Disposition
reversed_and_remanded

Topics

criminal procedureappellate proceduresentencing

Practice areas

criminal procedureappellate proceduresentencing

Procedural history

Blankenship appealed in docket No. 66118, and the appeals were consolidated for disposition with docket No. 66944. After briefing and en banc oral argument, the Supreme Court of Nevada affirmed the conviction and vacated the sentence in docket No. 66118, remanding with instructions, and affirmed the conviction in docket No. 66944.

Remand instructions

For docket No. 66118, the sentence was vacated and the matter was remanded with instructions. The specific instructions are not included in the available source text. The conviction in docket No. 66944 was affirmed.

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