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Case Information: 45456
Short Caption:JOHNSON (DONTE) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY / DIRECT)Court:Supreme Court
Related Case(s):36093, 36461, 36991, 45059, 51306, 65168, 67492, 83796
Lower Court Case(s):Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C153154Classification:Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Direct
Disqualifications:Case Status:Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:Panel Assigned: En Banc
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:06/14/2006 at 11:30 AMOral Argument Location:Carson City
Submission Date:06/14/2006How Submitted:After Oral Argument

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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
06/21/2005Filing Fee Filing Fee Waived.
06/21/2005Order/IncomingFiled District Court Order. Certified copy of Judgment of Conviction filed in district court on June 6, 2005 (w/attached supporting documents.)05-12194
07/05/2005Record on Appeal DocumentsFiled Record on Appeal Copy. Volumes 1 through 32.05-13253
07/06/2005Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Certified Copy of Notice of Appeal.05-13314
07/07/2005Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice to Confirm as Counsel. Bret O. Whipple. Due Date: 10 days.
09/12/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time.05-18010
11/09/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. Second.05-22113
11/10/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. filed September 12, 2005. Opening Brief due: November 14, 2005.05-22157
11/10/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. filed November 9, 2005. Opening Brief due: November 28, 2005.05-22269
11/30/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. Third request05-23483
12/06/2005Notice/IncomingFiled Notice of Change of Address. Special Public Defender.05-23799
12/19/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time. fourth request05-24674
12/22/2005Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Opening brief and appendix due: five days from the date of this order.05-24921
12/27/2005MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time.05-25181
01/17/2006Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Opening brief due: January 23, 2006.06-01064
01/30/2006MotionFiled Motion for Excess Pages. Motion to Allow Appellant to File an Opening Brief in Excess of 30 Pages.06-02192
01/30/2006BriefReceived Opening Brief.06-02194
02/03/2006Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. The clerk shall file appellant's 45-page opening brief.06-02504
02/03/2006BriefFiled Opening Brief.06-02194
02/06/2006MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time.06-02614
02/09/2006Order/ProceduralFiled Order Denying Motion. as Moot. In light of the order filed February 3, 2006, we deny, as moot, appellant's motion requesting an extension of time to file the opening brief.06-02917
04/05/2006BriefFiled Answering Brief.06-07276
04/21/2006Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral Argument is scheduled for 30 minutes in Carson City on June 14, 2006, at 11:30 a.m. (En Banc)
05/25/2006BriefFiled Reply Brief.06-11112
05/30/2006Notice/OutgoingIssued Oral Argument Reminder Notice.
06/14/2006Case Status Update Submitted for Decision. To the En Banc Court. EN BANC
06/19/2006MotionFiled Motion. Motion to Enlarge Record on Appeal.06-12795
07/20/2006Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. to Enlarge Record on Appeal and Directing Transmission of Exhibit. The clerk of the district court shall have 15 days to transmit to the clerk of this court a certified copy of Exhibit 256.06-15058
07/31/2006ExhibitFiled Exhibits (copies). Exhibits: #256 (various documents from LVMPD).06-15931
12/28/2006Opinion/DispositionalFiled Authored Opinion. "Affirmed." Before the Court EN BANC. Author: Hardesty, J. We concur: Becker, Gibbons and Parraguirre, JJ. Rose, C.J., with whom, Maupin, J., and Douglas, J., agree, concurring. 122 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 113. EN BANC.06-26545
01/04/2007MotionFiled Motion for Stay. Motion for Stay of Remittitur pending Application for Certiorari (NRAP 41.)07-00292
01/05/2007Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Staying Remittitur. We grant the motion. We stay issuance of the remittitur until April 9, 2007. If the clerk of this court receives written notice by April 9, 2007, from 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 April 9, 2007, the remittitur shall issue on April 10, 2007.07-00402
03/27/2007MotionFiled Motion to Extend Time.07-06871
04/03/2007MotionFiled Response to Motion. Opposition to Motion to Allow Late Filing of Petition for Rehearing.07-07425
04/05/2007Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from U.S. Supreme Court\Certiorari Denied. A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed March 27, 2007 and placed on the docket as Case No. 06-10345.07-07622
06/29/2007Order/ProceduralFiled Order Denying Motion. to file a petition for rehearing of an en banc opinion. Fn4[Johnson has also moved this court to prohibit the Clark County District Attorney's Office from having any further involvement with his case. We are not persuaded that this relief is warranted.] Accordingly, we deny the motion for an extension of time within which to file a petition for rehearing. The clerk of this court shall return unfiled the rehearing petition provisionally submitted with his motion.07-14262
06/29/2007Other Returned Unfiled Document. and Motion to Recuse the Clark County District Attorney's Office from Further Involvement in the Case.07-06872
01/23/2008Notice/IncomingFiled Notice. Notice from United States Supreme Court. The petition for a writ of ceritorari is denied.08-01700
01/28/2008Order/ProceduralFiled Order. to Issue Remittitur. We direct the clerk of this court to issue the remittitur in this appeal.08-02090
01/28/2008RemittiturIssued Remittitur.08-02098
01/28/2008Case Status Update Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
02/01/2008RemittiturFiled Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on January 29, 2008.08-02098
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