Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided November 7, 1996No. 26260PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1271OPINION

By the Court,

Rose, J.:

Appellant Carol Smith was tried and convicted on one count of neglect or abuse of a child. Smith argues that the statutes she was convicted under were unconstitutionally vague and further that there was insufficient evidence to convict her.

We conclude that the statutes which Smith was convicted under were not unconstitutionally vague and that sufficient evidence existed to convict Smith.

FACTS

This case involves child abuse which resulted in the death of Smith’s two and one-half year old son, Glenn Anderson Elam (Andy). The actual abuse was inflicted by Smith’s…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Kazalyn v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. City of Las Vegas v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Ibarra v. Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  3. Vallery v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Rice v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Lorenzo Alvarez-Cerriteno v. Jefferson Sessions, IIICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018

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