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Case Information: 61967
Short Caption:	CHAPPELL (JAMES) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	29884, 43493, 49478, 77002
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C131341	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Post-Conviction
Disqualifications:	Douglas	Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	En Banc
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:	03/03/2015 at 2:00 PM	Oral Argument Location:	Carson City
Submission Date:	03/03/2015	How Submitted:	After Oral Argument

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	James Montell Chappell	Christopher R. Oram
Respondent	The State of Nevada	Adam Paul Laxalt (Attorney General/Carson City) Steven S. Owens (Clark County District Attorney)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
10/24/2012	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing fee waived. Criminal.
10/24/2012	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.)		12-33694
10/24/2012	Other	Justice Michael L. Douglas disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Parties
10/30/2012	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement.		12-34186
10/30/2012	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Re: Entry of Written Order. District court order due: 30 days.		12-34241
10/31/2012	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: October 19, 2012. To Court Reporter: Lara Corcoran.		12-34424
11/19/2012	Order/Incoming	Filed District court order. Certified copy of Finding of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Order filed in district court 11/16/12.		12-36673
02/21/2013	Motion	Filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief.		13-05496
02/25/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant: Opening Brief and Appendix due: May 22, 2013.		13-05852
05/22/2013	Motion	Filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief.		13-15169
06/03/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant: Opening Brief and Appendix due: August 20, 2013.		13-16132
08/20/2013	Motion	Filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief.		13-24591
08/23/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant shall have until October 4, 2013, to file the opening brief and appendix.		13-25003
10/04/2013	Motion	Filed Motion to extend the time for filing the opening brief.		13-29732
10/11/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant: Opening Brief and Appendix due: November 18, 2013.		13-30445
11/18/2013	Brief	Filed Opening Brief. (STRICKEN PER ORDER FILED 12/6/13)
11/18/2013	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Enlarge Page Limitation on Appellant's Opening Brief.		13-34654
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume One.		13-34655
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Two.		13-34659
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Three.		13-34660
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Four.		13-34661
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Five.		13-34662
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Six.		13-34663
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Seven.		13-34668
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Eight.		13-34669
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Nine.		13-34670
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Ten.		13-34671
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Eleven.		13-34672
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Twelve.		13-34673
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Thirteen.		13-34674
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Fourteen.		13-34675
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Fifteen.		13-34676
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Sixteen.		13-34677
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Seventeen.		13-34678
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Eighteen.		13-34679
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Nineteen.		13-34680
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Twenty.		13-34681
11/18/2013	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume Twenty One.		13-34682
12/06/2013	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. The clerk of this court shall strike the opening brief that was inadvertently filed on November 18, 2013. Appellant: Opening Brief due: 30 days.		13-36732
01/08/2014	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief.		14-00607
02/06/2014	Motion	Filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Answering Brief- First Request.		14-04007
02/10/2014	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Respondent: Answering brief due: April 8, 2014.		14-04286
04/08/2014	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief.		14-11143
04/08/2014	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Answering Brief -Respondent's Appendix.		14-11144
05/08/2014	Motion	Filed Motion for Extension of Time To File Reply Brief (90 days).		14-14929
05/19/2014	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion in Part. Reply Brief due: August 15, 2014.		14-16136
08/15/2014	Motion	Filed Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Brief.		14-26910
08/21/2014	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Appellant shall have until September 15, 2014, to file and serve the reply brief.		14-27643
09/15/2014	Brief	Filed Appellant's Reply Brief.		14-30525
09/15/2014	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/Submitted For Decision.
01/28/2015	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Re: Scheduling of Oral Argument. This matter will be scheduled for oral argument on the next available calendar.		15-02982
01/28/2015	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral argument is scheduled Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in Carson City. Argument shall be limited to 30 minutes.		15-03073
02/18/2015	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice.		15-05217
03/03/2015	Case Status Update	Oral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before the En Banc Court.
06/18/2015	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." fn1[The Honorable Michael Douglas, Justice, voluntarily recused himself from participation in the decision of this matter.] EN BANC		15-18713
07/06/2015	Post-Judgment Petition	Filed Petition for Rehearing.		15-20426
07/06/2015	Filing Fee	Rehearing Filing fee waived.
09/17/2015	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Answer to Petition for Rehearing. Respondent's Answer due: 15 days.		15-28230
10/01/2015	Post-Judgment Petition	Filed Answer to Petition for Rehearing.		15-29784
10/22/2015	Post-Judgment Order	Filed Order Denying Rehearing. "Rehearing Denied." NRAP 40(c). fn1[The Honorable Michael Douglas, Justice, voluntarily recused himself from participation in the decision of this matter.]		15-32263
11/17/2015	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur.		15-35046
11/17/2015	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
12/04/2015	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on November 20, 2015.		15-35046

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