Legal Opinion
Watters v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided November 27, 2013No. 59703PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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By the Court,
Pickering, C.J.:
We consider whether the State’s use of a PowerPoint during opening statement that includes a slide of the defendant’s booking photo with the word “GUILTY” superimposed across it constitutes improper advocacy and undermines the presumption of innocence essential to a fair trial.1
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Frankie Alan Watters was charged with and convicted of possession of a stolen vehicle, grand larceny of a vehicle, and failure to stop on the signal of a police officer. The charges grew out of a crime spree in which Watters allegedly stole a car, got in a wreck, fled, stole another…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Morgan v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2018
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