73444: Case View

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Case Information: 73444
Short Caption:	WITTER (WILLIAM) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	36927, 50447, 52964, 73431, 75417
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C117513	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Direct
Disqualifications:	Pickering	Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	En Banc
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:		How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	William Lester Witter	David Anthony (Federal Public Defender/Las Vegas) Stacy M. Newman (Federal Public Defender/Las Vegas) Tiffany L. Nocon (Federal Public Defender/Las Vegas) Rene L. Valladares (Federal Public Defender/Las Vegas)
Respondent	The State of Nevada	Alexander G. Chen (Clark County District Attorney) Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
07/12/2017	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing fee waived. Criminal.
07/12/2017	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.)		17-23231
07/13/2017	Other	Justice Kristina Pickering disqualified from participation in this matter. Disqualification Reason: Voluntary Recusal.
07/17/2017	Order/Incoming	Filed District court order. Certified copy of order filed in district court on 07/12/17. Third Amended Judgment of Conviction.		17-23695
08/01/2017	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement Criminal Appeals.		17-25594
08/07/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal Volumes 1-27 (Via FTP).		17-26171
08/11/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal Pages 2146-2166 (SEALED).
08/11/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal Pages 5214-5215, 5219-5221 (SEALED).
08/15/2017	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice to Request Transcripts. Due date: 10 days.		17-27203
08/23/2017	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 06/19/17. To Court Reporter: Maria Garibay.		17-28360
10/06/2017	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion for Consolidation. Nos. 73431/73444.		17-33942
10/13/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Request for Extension of Time (Opposition to Motion for Consolidation).		17-35157
10/18/2017	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motions. William Witter shall have until October 30, 2017, to file and serve the opposition to the State's motions to consolidate these appeals. Nos. 73431/73444.		17-35634
10/31/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Opposition to Motion for Consolidation. Nos. 73431/73444.		17-37271
10/31/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Suspend Briefing in Docket Nos 73431 and 73444.		17-37274
11/03/2017	Motion	Filed Respondent's Non-Opposition to Motion to Suspend Briefing.		17-37691
11/03/2017	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal.		17-37741
11/13/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Request for Extension of Time (Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal).		17-38965
11/17/2017	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motions. Opposition to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss due: November 27, 2017. Respondent's Reply due: 5 days from Service of Opposition. Appellant's unopposed motion to suspended the briefing schedule in this appeal is granted. Briefing Suspended.		17-39809
11/28/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal.		17-40735
12/04/2017	Motion	Filed Respondent's Reply to Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal.		17-41679
12/12/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Response to Reply to Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal. (DETACHED SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL AND FILED IT SEPARATELY PER ORDER FILED 01/10/18.)		17-42666
01/10/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. The clerk shall detach the supplemental response from the motion filed on December 12, 2017, and file it separately.		18-01431
01/10/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Supplemental Response to Reply to Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal.		18-01437
02/23/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion to Dismiss and Reinstating Briefing. Opening Brief and Appendix due: 60 days. fn1[Having considered the State's motion to consolidate this appeal with the appeal in Docket No. 73431, the motion is denied.] fn2[The Honorable Kristina Pickering, Justice, voluntarily recused herself from participation in this matter.]		18-07121
04/24/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion Request for Extension of Time. (Opening Brief).		18-15551
05/03/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: June 25, 2018.		18-16791
06/21/2018	Motion	Filed Motion to Transmit Court Exhibits.		18-23735
06/26/2018	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance of Counsel (Stacy M. Newman as Additional Counsel for Appellant).		18-24268
06/26/2018	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief.		18-24350
06/26/2018	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Opening Brief Volume 1.		18-24352
07/09/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Transmission of Exhibits. The clerk of the district court shall have 30 days from the date of this order to transmit to the clerk of this court State's guilt-phase exhibits 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 35, 36, 41, and 51; State's penalty-phase exhibits 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11.		18-25872
08/27/2018	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion for Enlargement of Time to File Answering Brief.		18-33309
09/06/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Respondent's Answering Brief due: October 29, 2018.		18-34690
10/29/2018	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief.		18-42285
12/13/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Request For Extension Of Time To File Reply Brief. (SC)		18-908624
12/19/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Reply Brief due: February 21, 2019. (SC).		18-909572
02/21/2019	Motion	Filed Appellant's Request for Extension of Time to File Reply Brief. (SC)		19-08116
03/04/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. The clerk shall file the reply brief received via e-flex on February 27, 2019. (SC).		19-09612
03/04/2019	Brief	Filed Appellant's Reply Brief. (SC).		19-09613
03/04/2019	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/To Screening. (SC).
11/14/2019	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Affirmed." Fn1[the Honorable Kristina Pickering, Justice, voluntarily recused herself from participation in the decision of this matter.] Before the Court En Banc. Author: Stiglich, J. Majority: Stiglich/Gibbons/Hardesty/Parraguirre/Cadish/Silver. 135 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 55. EN BANC (SC)		19-46626
12/09/2019	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (SC)		19-49760
12/09/2019	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC)
01/07/2020	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on December 18, 2019. (SC)		19-49760

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