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MORRISON (EDWARD) VS. STATE

Case Information: 44719
Short Caption:MORRISON (EDWARD) VS. STATECourt:Supreme Court
Related Case(s): 48341 , 52073 , 52936 , 53620 , 64222
Lower Court Case(s):Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C205262Classification:Criminal Appeal - Life - Direct
Disqualifications:Case Status:Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:Panel Assigned: Panel
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:02/16/2006How Submitted:On Briefs

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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
02/18/2005Filing Fee Filing Fee Waived.
02/18/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. 05-03368
02/22/2005Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice to File Case Appeal Statement. Due Date: 10 days
02/28/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Case Appeal Statement. Certified copy filed in district court on February 23, 2005 (proper case appeal statement.) 05-03910
02/28/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Case Appeal Statement. Certified copy filed in district court on February 25, 2005. 05-03912
03/02/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. 05-04034
03/02/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Case Appeal Statement. Certified copy filed in district court on February 25, 2005. 05-04035
03/03/2005Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice to Transmit Required Document. Judgment filed 2/25/05. Due Date: 10 days
03/10/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled District Court Order/Judgment. Certified copy of order/judgment of conviction filed in district court on February 25, 2005. 05-04859
03/11/2005Other Returned Mail. Noticed issued 03/03/05 addressed to Edward Morrison returned. No forwarding address.
03/21/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order. We remand this appeal to the district court for the limited purpose of securing counsel for appellant. The district court shall have 30 days from the date of this order to appoint counsel for appellant. Within 5 days from the date of appointment, the district court clerk shall transmit to the clerk of this court a copy of the district court's written or minute order appointing appellate counsel. 05-05445
03/24/2005Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice to Appointed Counsel. Docketing statement due: 15 days. Request for transcripts: 15 days. Opening brief: 120 days.
03/24/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal. 05-05792
03/24/2005Transcript RequestFiled Request for Rough Draft Transcript(s). Transcripts requested: 10/18/04, 12/17/04 and 12/20/04. Court Reporters: Tom Mercer, Renee Silvaggio and JoAnn Orduna. Filed in district court on: March 21, 2005. 05-05793
04/07/2005TranscriptFiled Transcript. Proceedings: 10/18/04. Court Reporter: Tom Mercer.
04/14/2005Docketing StatementFiled Docketing Statement. 05-07344
04/14/2005Transcript RequestFiled Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 10/18/04, 12/17/04, and 12/20/04. To Court Reporter: T. Mercer, R. Silvaggio, and J. Orduna. 05-07345
04/15/2005TranscriptFiled Transcript. Proceedings: 12/20/04. Court Reporter: JoAnn Orduna.
04/18/2005Other Returned Mail. Order filed 03/21/05 addressed to Edward Morrison remailed to corrected address.
05/06/2005TranscriptFiled Rough Draft Transcript of Proceedings. Proceedings: 10/18/04. Court Reporter: Tom Mercer.
05/06/2005TranscriptFiled Transcript. Proceedings: Friday, December 17,2004, 9:30 a.m. Court Reporter: Renee Silvaggio.
06/21/2005Letter/IncomingReceived Proper Person Letter. Letter dated June 15, 2005 re: trial transcripts. 05-12146
07/08/2005MotionFiled Stipulation and Order. Brief due: August 22, 2005. 05-13584
07/25/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Denying Proper Person Request. Appellant has submitted a proper person letter addressed to the clerk of this court. fn1[Because we elect to resolve the document on its merits, we direct the clerk to file the letter received on June 21, 2005. See NRAP 46b). We decline to grant appellant permission to file further documents in proper person. The clerk shall return, unfiled, any future proper person documents submitted for filing.] In the letter, appellant complains about not receiving his trial transcripts from the district court. Appellant is represented by counsel in this matter. It is counsel's responsibility to file all the necessary documents on appellant's behalf. We deny appellant's proper person request for this court to take action in providing him the trial transcripts. Appellant shall proceed hereafter through his appointed counsel in the prosecution of this appeal. 05-14659
07/25/2005Other Incoming DocumentFiled Proper Person Document. Letter dated June 15, 2005 re: trial transcripts. 05-12146
08/25/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. 05-16874
08/26/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. filed August 25, 2005. Appellant shall have until September 22, 2005, to file and serve the opening brief and appendix. We note that the court disapproves of repeated requests for extensions of time to brief appeals in criminal cases. Consequently, no further extensions of time shall be permitted absent demonstration of extreme and unforeseeable circumstances. Counsel's caseload will not be deemed such a circumstance. 05-16953
09/26/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. 05-19085
10/19/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. Application for Extension of Time. 05-20761
11/07/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. We direct the clerk to file the opening brief and appendix received on October 19, 2005. Answering brief due: 30 days. 05-21904
11/07/2005BriefFiled Opening Brief. 05-20763
11/07/2005AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief.
12/02/2005BriefFiled Answering Brief. 05-23663
12/29/2005Other Returned Unfiled Document. proper person Motion to Dismiss Counsel and Request for Appointment of Counsel.
01/03/2006MotionFiled Stipulation and Order. Brief due: January 30, 2006. 06-00159
01/25/2006BriefFiled Reply Brief. 06-01875
02/16/2006Order/ProceduralFiled Order/Submit on Briefs. Cause appearing, oral argument will not be scheduled and this appeal shall stand submitted for decision as of the date of this order on the briefs filed herein. 06-03550
02/16/2006Case Status Update Submitted for Decision.
05/19/2006Order/DispositionalFiled Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." SNP06-WM/MG/JH 06-10547
06/13/2006RemittiturIssued Remittitur. 06-10911
06/13/2006Case Status Update Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
06/22/2006RemittiturFiled Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on June 15, 2006. 06-10911