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Combined Case Information: 57469
Short Caption:HOWARD (SAMUEL) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC)Court:Supreme Court
Related Case(s):42593, 73223, 73462, 81278, 81279
Lower Court Case(s):Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C053867Classification:Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Post-Conviction
Disqualifications:Case Status:Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:Panel Assigned: En Banc
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:11/09/2011How Submitted:On Briefs

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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
01/05/2011Filing FeeAppeal Filing fee waived. Criminal.
01/05/2011Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) HOWARD - C5386711-00487
01/20/2011Transcript RequestFiled Certificate of No Transcript Request. Certification in Compliance With NRAP 9(a)(C).11-01995
01/25/2011Docketing StatementFiled Docketing Statement.11-02443
05/05/2011MotionFiled Request for Extension of Time Within Which to File Appellant's Opening Brief to May 26, 2011.11-13346
05/06/2011Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion for extension of time. Opening Brief and Appendix due May 26, 2011.11-13419
05/12/2011BriefFiled Opening Brief.11-14197
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 1.11-14199
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 2.11-14200
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 3.11-14201
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 4.11-14202
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 5.11-14203
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 6.11-14204
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 7.11-14205
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 8.11-14206
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 9.11-14207
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 10.11-14210
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 11.11-14211
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 12.11-14212
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Volume 13.11-14213
05/12/2011AppendixFiled Appendix to Opening Brief - Volume 14.11-14214
06/13/2011MotionFiled Motion for Enlargement of Time First Request (Answering Brief).11-17528
06/14/2011Order/ProceduralFiled Order Answering Brief due: July 13, 2011.11-17662
07/13/2011MotionFiled Motion for Extension Time to File Answering Brief (Second Request).11-20931
07/15/2011Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Respondent: Answering Brief due: August 12, 2011.11-21299
08/12/2011MotionFiled Motion for Extension Of Time (Third Request).11-24487
08/26/2011Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Respondent: Answering Brief due: September 12, 2011.11-26063
09/12/2011MotionFiled Motion for Leave to File 36 Page Answering Brief.11-27685
09/14/2011Order/ProceduralFiled Order. We take no action on respondent's motion as it is unnecessary and direct the clerk of this court to file respondent's answering brief received on September 12, 2011. Reply Brief due: 30 days.11-27888
09/14/2011BriefFiled Respondent's Answering Brief.11-27889
10/14/2011MotionFiled Request for Extension of Time Within Which to File Appellant's Reply Brief.11-31697
10/14/2011Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Reply Brief due: November 14, 2011.11-31773
11/09/2011BriefFiled Appellant's Reply Brief.11-34652
11/09/2011Case Status UpdateBriefing Completed/Submitted For Decision.
09/18/2012MotionFiled Ex-Parte Motion for Substitution of Counsel Filed Under Seal. (SEALED) -Document UNSEALED per opinion filed 12/27/12.-12-40881
09/24/2012MotionFiled Opposition to Ex-Parte Motion for Substitution of Counsel Filed Under Seal; and Motion to Unseal. (SEALED PER ORDER FILED 9/25/12) -Document UNSEALED per opinion filed 12/27/12.-12-40882
09/24/2012MotionFiled Emergency Motion for This Court to Seal the Opposition to Ex-Parte Motion for Substitution of Counsel Filed Under Seal.12-30161
09/25/2012Order/ProceduralFiled Order. The clerk of this court shall seal the opposition filed by the State on September 24, 2012, forthwith.12-30203
09/25/2012MotionFiled Motion for Reconsideration By Full Court.12-30339
09/26/2012MotionFiled Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) for this Court to Seal all Pleadings and Documents Related to the Ex-Parte Motion for Substitution of Counsel Filed in this Matter.12-30416
09/27/2012MotionFiled Opposition to Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) for This Court to Seal All Pleadings and Documents Related to the Ex-Parte Motion for Substitution of Counsel Filed in This Matter.12-30590
09/28/2012MotionFiled Motion to Strike Respondents' Pleadings, Motion for Order Directing Respondents' Conduct with exhibits attached (SEALED). -Document UNSEALED per opinion filed 12/27/12.-12-40883
09/28/2012Notice/IncomingFiled Notice Of Appearance And Notice Of Termination Of Representation (Rene Valladares & Lori Teicher of the Federal Public Defender's Office appearing on behalf of appellant Samuel Howard and in the place and stead of Franny Forsman and Mike Charlton of the Federal Public Defender's Office).12-30803
10/03/2012MotionFiled Opposition to Motion to Strike Respondent's Pleadings, Motion for Order Directing Respondent's Conduct.12-31270
10/08/2012MotionFiled Reply to Opposition to Emergency Motion under NRAP 27 (e) for this Court to Seal all Pleadings and Documents Related to the Ex Parte Motion for Substitution of Counsel Filed in this Matter (SEALED). -Document UNSEALED per opinion filed 12/27/12.-12-40884
10/25/2012MotionFiled Supplement To Ex-Parte Motion For Subsitution Of Counsel.12-33798
10/30/2012Order/ProceduralFiled Order Regarding Motion to Substitute Counsel. We therefore deny the motion to strike as to the opposition filed on September 24, 2012. We therefore defer ruling on the substitution. The Nevada FPD shall have 30 days to file a substitution that complies with NRAP 46(d)(2), and attorney Paola Armeni shall have 30 days to comply with SCR 42 and file a motion to associate the attorneys from the Federal Defender Services of Idaho. Fn1[Appellant's motion, filed on September 28, 2012, also asks the court to strike a motion filed by respondent on September 25, 2012, and to enter an order regarding respondent's conduct with respect to documents that appellant submitted to this court under seal. Those aspects of appellant's motion will be addressed separately.] Fn2[Because we do not address the merits of the alleged conflict or imputation of the conflict, we decline the State's request to remand for an evidentiary hearing on the motion.] Fn3[Current counsel must submit a substitution of counsel that complies with NRAP 46(d)(2) and to substitute foreign counsel, the substitution of counsel must be accompanied by a motion to associate that complies with SCR 42.]12-34235
11/07/2012MotionFiled Motion To Substitute Counsel and To Substitute Foreign Counsel (Paola M. Armeni, Esq. of Gordon and Silver, as local counsel, and Teresa A. Hampton and Brady Ward King of the Federal Defender Services of Idaho, as foreign counsel).12-35263
11/08/2012MotionFiled Motion to Associate Counsel (Brady Ward King, Esq. and Teresa Anne Hampton, Esq. of the Federal Defender Services of Idaho).12-35307
11/15/2012Order/ProceduralFiled Order Approving Substitution and Granting Motion to Associate Foreign Counsel. The Nevada Federal Public Defender's Office has filed a substitution of counsel, substituting Nevada attorney Paola M. Armeni and foreign counsel Teresa A. Hampton and Brady Ward King, with the Federal Defender Services of Idaho, as counsel for appellant. The substitution is approved. Ms. Hampton and Mr. King shall be permitted to appear on behalf of appellant in this appeal. Nevada attorney Paola M. Armeni shall be responsible for all matters presented by appellant in this matter.12-36288
12/27/2012Opinion/Non-DispositionalFiled Non-Dispositional Opinion. "Motion for reconsideration of order sealing documents granted; other motions denied." The clerk of this court shall unseal the documents filed on September 18, 2012; September 24, 2012; September 28, 2012; and October 8, 2012. Before Saitta, Pickering and Hardesty, JJ. Author: Hardesty, J. 128 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 67. NNP1212-40859
03/27/2013Notice/OutgoingIssued Letter to Publishers re: Corrections to recently filed opinions. Nos. 56510, 55331/56701/56923, 57875, 59559, 57656, 57469, 58041 58048. (Letter entered in 56510 as document no. 13-09012.)
09/19/2013MotionFiled Application for Waiver of Fees Pursuant to Nevada Supreme Court Rule 42(3)(e) and (9).13-28017
09/20/2013MotionFiled Motion for Withdrawal of Attorney Brady Ward King.13-28188
09/30/2013Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. The clerk shall remove Brady Ward King as counsel of record for appellant on this court's docket. We note that appellant remains represented by Teresa Hampton of the Federal Defender Services of Idaho and Nevada attorney Paola M. Armeni of Gordon Silver.13-29116
09/30/2013Order/ProceduralFiled Order Waiving Fees Under SCR 42(3)(e). The application for waiver of the original fee required by SCR 42(3)(a) and annual renewal fee required by SCR 42(9) is granted.13-29117
07/30/2014Order/DispositionalFiled Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." EN BANC14-24922
08/21/2014Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Appellant's Petition for Rehearing.14-27559
09/24/2014Post-Judgment OrderFiled Order Denying Rehearing. "Rehearing Denied." NRAP 40(c).14-31639
10/20/2014RemittiturIssued Remittitur.14-34812
10/20/2014Case Status UpdateRemittitur Issued/Case Closed.
11/04/2014RemittiturFiled Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on October 24, 2014.14-34812
12/22/2014Notice/IncomingFiled Notice for US Supreme Court. The filing for the petition for a writ of certiorari has been extended to February 21, 2015.14-41799
03/03/2015Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from US Supreme Court/Certiorari Filed. A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed February 23, 2015 and placed on the docket as Case No. 14-8546.15-06700
04/30/2015Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from US Supreme Court/Certiorari Denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.15-13204