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ARCHANIAN (AVETIS) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY)

Case Information: 44798
Short Caption:ARCHANIAN (AVETIS) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY)Court:Supreme Court
Related Case(s): 66763
Lower Court Case(s):Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C201034Classification:Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Direct
Disqualifications:Case Status:Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:Panel Assigned: En Banc
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:09/05/2006 at 1:30 PMOral Argument Location:Carson City
Submission Date:09/05/2006How Submitted:After Oral Argument

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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
03/03/2005Filing Fee Filing Fee Waived.
03/03/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. 05-04240
03/03/2005Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice to File Case Appeal Statement. Due Date: 10 days
03/04/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order/Transmit Record and Directing Response. This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death. NRS 177.055. Pursuant to SCR 250(6)(b), the clerk of the district court shall have to and including March 28, 2005, within which to transmit a certified copy of the record on appeal to the clerk of the supreme court. The clerk of the district court shall transmit as the record on appeal a certified copy of the complete record made and considered in the court below. The complete record shall include, without limitation, certified copies of: any criminal complaint, indictment or information (including any amendments); all papers, motions, petitions, oppositions, responses, replies, orders, opinions, and documentary evidence or exhibits filed in the lower court; transcripts of all lower court proceedings; all jury instructions offered, excluded or given; all verdicts or findings of fact, conclusions of law, and decisions; the lower court minutes; any notices of appeal. Further, the record shall be assembled, paginated, and indexed in the same manner as an appendix to the briefs under NRAP 30(c). No physical evidence or exhibits shall be transmitted at this time. 05-04301
03/11/2005Letter/IncomingFiled Letter. from Mace J. Yampolsky. He and Mr. Grayson have withdrawn from the case. (Attached d.c. minutes dated 3/2/05 appointing public defender's office for appeal.) 05-04947
03/15/2005Record on Appeal DocumentsFiled Record on Appeal Copy. Vols. 1 through 4 (docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant). 05-05074
03/15/2005Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice to File Case Appeal Statement. Due Date: 10 days
03/28/2005MotionFiled Motion. Clark County Public Defender's Office Notice of Conflict of Interest and Motion to Withdraw as Appellate Counsel. 05-06011
04/25/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. and Remanding for Appointment of Counsel. We grant the public defender's motion to withdraw as counsel of record. This appeal is hereby remanded to the district court for the limited purpose of appointing new counsel to represent Archanian in this appeal. The district court shall have 30 days form the date of this order to appoint qualified counsel to represent 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 appellant counsel. 05-08093
06/29/2005Letter/IncomingFiled Letter. from Clark County Clerk regarding the order filed on April 25, 2005. 05-12961
07/15/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Directing District Court to Comply with Previous Order to Appoint Counsel. District Judge Donald Mosley shall have 20 days from the date of this order to comply with this court's prior directive of April 25,2005, and appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this death penalty proceeding. This court requests Judge Mosley to give priority to this matter. Within 5 days of the district court's appointment of counsel, the clerk of the district court shall transmit to the clerk of this court a copy of the district court's written or minute order appointing appellate counsel. 05-14151
08/10/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Documents from District Court Clerk. District court minutes dated August 4, 2005, attorney Glenn Schepps confirming as appellate counsel. 05-15835
08/16/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order. The district court clerk has transmitted a minute order indicating that the district court appointed Glenn C. Schepps to represent appellant in this appeal. Appellant shall have 70 days from the date of this order to file and serve the opening brief. fn1[In lieu of preparing an appendix, the parties may cite to the record on appeal that was filed in this court on March 15, 2005.] (Docketing statement mailed to attorney Glenn C. Schepps, counsel for appellant). 05-16247
10/07/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time within which to file Opening Brief. 05-19888
10/12/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Opening brief due: December 27, 2005. 05-20235
12/05/2005MotionFiled Motion. Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time within which to File Opening Brief and for an Order Directing the Clark County District Court Clerk to Transmit the Record on Appeal to Counsel for Appellant. 05-23745
12/22/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. The clerk of the district court shall have 15 days to transmit a copy of the record on appeal to counsel for appellant. fn1[The copy of the record shall be identical to the record filed in this court on March 15, 2005.] Opening brief due: 60 days. 05-24914
02/21/2006BriefFiled Opening Brief. 06-03707
04/25/2006BriefFiled Answering Brief. 06-08703
06/09/2006BriefFiled Reply Brief. 06-12122
07/28/2006Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral Argument is scheduled for 60 minutes in Carson City on September 5, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. (En Banc)
08/22/2006Notice/OutgoingIssued Oral Argument Reminder Notice.
09/05/2006Case Status Update Submitted for Decision. Before the En Banc Court.
11/09/2006Opinion/DispositionalFiled Authored Opinion. "Affirmed." Before the Court EN BANC. Author: Rose, C.J. We concur: Becker, Maupin, Gibbons, Douglas, Hardesty and Parraguirre. JJ. 122 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 89. EN BANC. 06-22955
11/29/2006Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Petition for Rehearing. 06-24379
12/22/2006Post-Judgment OrderFiled Order/Rehearing Denied. "Rehearing denied." NRAP 40(c). Fn1 [The Honorable Robert E. Rose, Chief Justice and the Honorable Nancy A. Becker, Justice, did not participate in the decision of this matter.] 06-26299
01/05/2007MotionFiled Motion. Motion for Stay of Remittitur. 07-00379
01/17/2007Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Staying Remittitur. We grant the motion and stay issuance of the remittitur until March 19, 2007. If the clerk of this court receives written notice by March 19, 2007, from the clerk of the United States Supreme Court that appellant has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, the stay shall continue in effect until final disposition of the certiorari proceedings. If such notice is not received by March 19, 2007, the remittitur shall issue on March 20, 2007. 07-01135
03/26/2007Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from U.S. Supreme Court\Certiorari Denied. A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed March 15, 2007 and placed on the docket as Case No. 06-10166 (Notice is dated March 20, 2007). 07-06797
06/28/2007Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from U.S. Supreme Court\Certiorari Granted. The petition for a writ of ceritorari is denied. 07-14150
07/16/2007Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Issuing Remittitur. We direct the clerk of this court to issue the remittitur in this appeal. 07-15330
07/16/2007RemittiturIssued Remittitur. 07-15351
07/16/2007Case Status Update Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
07/24/2007RemittiturFiled Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on July 18, 2007. 07-15351