Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1996No. 26679PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1179OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, C. J.:

A jury convicted Vernell Ray Evans (Evans) of burglary and four counts of first-degree murder. After a penalty hearing, the jury found that the mitigating circumstances did not outweigh the aggravating circumstances and imposed four death sentences. The district judge entered a consecutive ten-year term for the burglary conviction. Evans raises numerous issues on appeal.

FACTS

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on May 1, 1992, officers Thomas Carpenter and Phil Miller of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), responded to a four-year-old child’s report…

2Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2017
  2. Evans v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Thomas v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Cary Williams v. Timothy FilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
  5. Nika v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2008

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