Combined Case Information: 45501
Short Caption:	MORALES (HERMAN) VS. STATE	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	43891, 45842, 66748, 67836, 86212, 86212-COA
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C196919	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Life - Direct
Disqualifications:	Saitta	Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:	03/08/2007	How Submitted:	On Briefs

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Herman Alfonso Morales	David T. Brown (Former) (Goodman Brown & Premsrirut) Megan Hoffman JoNell Thomas
Respondent	The State of Nevada	Attorney General/Carson City James Tufteland (Clark County District Attorney)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
06/24/2005	Filing Fee	Filing Fee Waived.
06/24/2005	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day.		05-12505
07/08/2005	Other	Returned Mail. Receipt for documents dated 06/24/05 addressed to Herman Morales returned. No forwarding address.
07/12/2005	Order/Procedural	Filed Order re: Entry Written Judgment or Order. The district court shall have 30 days from the date of this order within which to: (1) enter a written judgment or order or (2) inform this court that it is reconsidering its decision. In the event the district court enters a written judgment or order (or has already entered a written judgment or order of which this court is unaware), the clerk of the district court shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the judgment or order to the clerk of this court.		05-13754
07/20/2005	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed District Court Order/Judgment. Certified copy of judgment of conviction filed in district court on July 5, 2005.		05-14384
07/20/2005	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.)		05-14385
07/20/2005	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice to File Case Appeal Statement. Due Date: 10 days
07/28/2005	Other	Returned Mail. Order filed 07/12/05 addressed to Herman Morales remailed to corrected address.
08/01/2005	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement.		05-15194
08/01/2005	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Case Appeal Statement. Certified copy filed in district court on 07/26/05.		05-15196
08/01/2005	Motion	Filed Motion. David T. Brown of Goodman, Brown & Premsrirut.		05-15235
11/16/2005	Motion	Filed Motion to Extend Time. 60 days.		05-22565
11/21/2005	Motion	Filed Motion to Extend Time.		05-22976
11/21/2005	Notice/Incoming	Filed Errata. Errata to Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief.		05-22981
11/29/2005	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. We remand this appeal to the district court for the limited purpose of securing counsel for appellant. District court order to appoint counsel for appellant due: 35 days. If appellant is not indigent, the district court shall direct appellant to retain counsel and cause counsel to enter a notice of appearance with the district court. A copy of the district court's written or minute order due: 35 days. The deadlines for requesting transcripts and filing brief are suspended pending further order of this court. We deny appellant's November 16, 2005, motion for an extension of time to file the opening brief.		05-23368
12/09/2005	Other	Other. 12/09/05 Order Administratively Closing Docket No. 45842 and transferring all documents filed or received to Docket No. 45501: 08/26/05 Filing Fee Waived: Criminal.clerk2 08/26/05 Filed Certified Copy of proper person Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day.clerk2 09/13/05 Issued Notice to Transmit Required Document. Judgment of Conviction filed 7/5/05. Due Date: 10 days.clerk3 09/15/05 Filed Certified Copy of proper person Notice of Appeal.clerk7 09/19/05 Filed District Court Order/Judgment Certified copy of judgment of conviction filed in district court on July 5, 2005.clerk7 09/20/05 Filed Order Directing Attorney General to Obtain and Transmit Certified copy of Notice of Appeal Log. The attorney general shall have 30 days from the date of this order to obtain and transmit to the clerk of this court a certified copy of the notice of appeal log. If the log does not indicate that appellant delivered this notice of appeal to a prison official, the attorney general shall so inform this court.clerk1 10/19/05 Filed Motion to Extend Time.clerk7 10/24/05 Filed Order Granting Attorney general's response due: November 3, 2005.clerk1 11/01/05 Filed Response to Order. Notice of Compliance with September 20, 2005, Order.clerk3 11/14/05 Received letter (via fax) from Deputy A.G. Rene Hulse enclosing a copy of a letter from appellant Herman Morales regarding his appeal.clerk3 (12/09/05 Order-fn1: no further actions is required on this letter at this time.)
12/20/2005	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice. District court minutes appointing public defender's office as counsel for appellant. Confirmation set for 1/18/06.		05-24700
01/30/2006	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice. Letter from Clark Co. Clerk enclosing additional minutes re: appointment of counsel.		06-02158
02/22/2006	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appointment of Counsel. Letter from Clark County Clerk enclosing a copy of minute order. JoNell Thomas appointed as counsel for appellant on 2/8/06.		06-03844
02/22/2006	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance. JoNell Thomas appointed as counsel for appellant.		06-03893
04/05/2006	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 07/19/04, 08/18/04, 08/25/04, 02/28/05, and 06/15/05. To Court Reporter: Jo Anne Peirpont.		06-07170
04/05/2006	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 12/10/03, 02/12/04, and 02/13/04. To Court Reporter: Joe D'Amato.		06-07173
04/05/2006	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 07/12/04. To Court Reporter: JoAnn Orduna.		06-07175
04/05/2006	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 02/03/04, 03/31/04, 04/08/04, and 07/06/04. To Court Reporter: Maureen Schorn.		06-07178
04/24/2006	Transcript	Filed Transcript. Proceedings: 07/19/04, 08/18/04, 08/25/04, 02/28/05, and 06/15/05. Court Reporter: Jo Anne Pierpont.		06-08638
05/11/2006	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Reinstating Briefing. Appellant shall have 60 days from the date of this order to file and serve the opening brief and appendix.		06-09895
05/18/2006	Transcript	Filed Transcript. Proceedings: 02/03/04, 03/31/04, 04/08/04, and 07/06/04. Court Reporter: Maureen Schorn.		06-10481
05/30/2006	Transcript	Filed Transcript. Proceedings: July 12, 2004. Court Reporter: JoAnn Orduna.		06-11281
06/12/2006	Transcript	Filed Rough Draft Transcript of Proceedings. Proceedings: 12/10/03, 2/12/04, and 02/13/04. Court Reporter: Joe D'Amato.		06-12218
06/14/2006	Brief	Filed Opening Brief.		06-12447
06/14/2006	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief. Vols. 1 and 2.		06-12449
06/30/2006	Transcript	Filed Rough Draft Transcript of Proceedings. Proceedings: December 10, 2003, February 12, 2004 and February 13, 2004. Court Reporter: Joseph A. D'Amato.		06-13554
07/19/2006	Brief	Filed Answering Brief.		06-15034
08/18/2006	Brief	Filed Reply Brief.		06-17248
11/15/2006	Brief	Filed Supplemental Authorities.		06-23452
11/28/2006	Other	Disqualification of Justice Saitta. Sat in district court proceedings.
03/08/2007	Order/Procedural	Filed Order/Submit on Briefs. Submitting for Decision Without Oral Argument. Oral argument will not be scheduled and this appeal shall stand submitted for decision to the Southern Nevada Panel as of the date of this order on the briefs filed herein.		07-05516
03/08/2007	Case Status Update	Submitted for Decision. To the Southern Nevada Panel. SNP07-MG/MD/MC.
05/09/2007	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." SNP07-MG/MD/MC		07-10369
06/05/2007	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur.		07-11795
06/05/2007	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
06/20/2007	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on June 7, 2007.		07-11795