State v. Brown (Taren)

134 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 102 (Nev. 2018) · Supreme Court of Nevada · December 20, 2018 · No. 75184; 18-90961

Summary

The Nevada Supreme Court considered the State's appeal from an order granting a motion to suppress in a criminal case involving Taren Deshawn Brown. The court dismissed the appeal and vacated the stay of trial previously imposed by the Nevada Court of Appeals.

Court
Supreme Court of Nevada
Writing for the Court
Justice Hardesty; Justice Pickering; Justice Gibbons
Jurisdiction
Nevada
Decision date
December 20, 2018
Docket number
75184; 18-90961
Procedural posture
The State of Nevada appealed from an order granting a motion to suppress in a criminal case.
Precedential value
published
Parties
The State of Nevada v. Taren Deshawn Brown, Taren De Shawne Brown, Goldy Lox
Disposition
dismissed

Topics

suppression of evidencecriminal procedureappellate procedureappellate jurisdiction

Practice areas

criminal lawappellate law

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the State's appeal from the district court's order granting a motion to suppress could proceed.

Factual background

The available docket text indicates that the underlying criminal proceeding involved a motion to suppress, which the Washoe County district court granted. The State sought appellate review and a stay of further district court proceedings. The supplied text does not provide the evidentiary facts underlying the suppression ruling.

Procedural history

The State filed a notice of appeal from the Washoe County district court's grant of a motion to suppress. The Nevada Supreme Court transferred the State's emergency motion to stay district court proceedings to the Nevada Court of Appeals for limited resolution, while retaining the appeal. After supplemental briefing, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. A remittitur issued on January 14, 2019, and the case was closed.

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