73825: Case View

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Case Information: 73825
Short Caption:	RANDOLPH (THOMAS) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	59754, 60014, 87127
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C250966	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Direct
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	En Banc
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:	07/07/2020 at 1:00 PM	Oral Argument Location:	Carson City
Submission Date:	07/07/2020	How Submitted:	After Oral Argument

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Thomas William Randolph	Randall H. Pike (Former) (Special Public Defender) Sandra L. Stewart JoNell Thomas (Former) (Special Public Defender)
Respondent	The State of Nevada	Alexander G. Chen (Clark County District Attorney) Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) David L. Stanton (Clark County District Attorney) Charles W. Thoman (Clark County District Attorney) Steven B. Wolfson (Clark County District Attorney)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
08/25/2017	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing fee waived. Criminal.
08/25/2017	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day.		17-28545
08/25/2017	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. (Second NOA) (Filed by appellant counsel Jonell Thomas/Special PD).		17-28557
09/11/2017	Transcript Request	Filed Certificate of No Transcript Request.		17-30478
09/11/2017	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement.		17-30479
09/22/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal Volumes 1-20 (via FTP).		17-32282
09/22/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal Volumes 21-40 (via FTP).		17-32283
09/27/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal (PSI) Pages 5050-5057 (SEALED).
09/27/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal Pages 973-1036, 1416-1425, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1492, 1495, 1496, 1498, 1500, 1535-1540, 1541-1561, 1771-1784, 1785-1817, 1830, 1834-1980, 1981-2080, 2096-2101, 2124-2138, 8160-8360, 8361-8470 (SEALED).
10/16/2017	Transcript Request	Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 05/20/16. To Court Reporter: Yvette Sison.		17-35318
10/23/2017	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Supplement the Record on Appeal and Notice of Error in Index of Record on Appeal.		17-36345
10/30/2017	Transcript	Filed Notice from Court Reporter. Yvette Sison stating that the requested transcripts were delivered. Dates of transcripts: 05/20/16.		17-37087
11/22/2017	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant has filed a motion to supplement the record on appeal with the transcript that was inadvertently omitted from appellant's request for transcripts, but which has since been requested and prepared. The motion is granted as follows. The clerk of the district court shall transmit to the clerk of this court the transcript of proceedings held on October 20, 2017. Appellant also asks this court to note a typographical error in the index of the record on appeal. The transcript of hearing dated March 30, 2013 in Volume 10, pages 2190-2194, should be "2016" not "2013".		17-40429
12/04/2017	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Supplemental Record on Appeal - VOL 41.		17-41575
01/18/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief.		18-02501
02/01/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Opening Brief due: March 23, 2018.		18-04433
03/23/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief.		18-11325
04/05/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief due: July 23, 2018.		18-12949
04/11/2018	Motion	Filed Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Appellant and for Limited Remand for Appointment of New Counsel.		18-13931
04/19/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion to Withdraw and Remanding for Appointment of Counsel. The clerk of this court shall remove Jo Nell Thomas and the Special Public Defender's office as counsel of record for appellant. We remand this appeal to the district court for the limited purpose of securing appellate counsel for appellant. Order Appointing Counsel or Notice of Appearance due: 35 days. Briefing of this appeal shall be suspended pending further order of this court.		18-14945
04/30/2018	Order/Incoming	Filed District Court Order Appointing Appellate Counsel in Capital Case. Filed in district court on 4/30/18.		18-16360
05/03/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Reinstating Briefing. The clerk shall add Sandra L. Stewart as counsel for the Appellant. Opening Brief due: 90 days.		18-16910
05/03/2018	Order/Incoming	Filed District Court Order Appointing Counsel. Filed copy of order filed in district court on 04/30/18 appointing Sandra L. Stewart as counsel for appellant.		18-16966
07/10/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion For Enlargement Of Time To File Opening Brief (First Request).		18-26082
07/23/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief due: October 1, 2018.		18-28052
09/17/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion For Enlargement Of Time To File Opening Brief (Second Request).		18-36229
10/04/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Regarding Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief due: 45 days.		18-38914
11/19/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion For Enlargement Of Time To File Opening Brief (Third Request). (SC)		18-904690
11/29/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: December 10, 2018. (SC)		18-906178
12/10/2018	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion For Enlargement Of Time To File Opening Brief (Fourth Request). (SC)		18-907626
12/17/2018	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: December 19, 2018. (SC)		18-909023
12/18/2018	Brief	Filed Opening Brief/Death Direct. (SC)		18-909186
02/19/2019	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion for Enlargement of Time to File Answering Brief. (SC)		19-07701
03/06/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Respondent's Answering Brief due: April 19, 2019. (SC).		19-10041
04/19/2019	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion for Enlargement of Time Second Request (Answering Brief). (SC)		19-17277
05/02/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Respondent's Answering Brief due: June 18, 2019. (SC).		19-19314
06/18/2019	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief. (SC)		19-26352
06/18/2019	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion to Transmit Exhibit Under NRAP 30(d). (SC)		19-26354
06/27/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Transmission of Exhibits. The district court clerk shall have 14 days from the date of this order to transmit State's Exhibits 203 and 213 to this court. (SC)		19-27788
07/29/2019	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellant's Reply Brief due: August 16, 2019. (SC).		19-31853
08/21/2019	Brief	Filed Appellant's Reply Brief. (SC)		19-35051
08/21/2019	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed. (SC)
06/05/2020	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Scheduling Argument. This court has determined that oral argument may be of assistance in resolving this matter. Accordingly, this matter is scheduled for oral argument on July 7, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. Argument shall be limited to 60 minutes. Within 14 days of the date of this order, the parties shall submit to the Clerk of the Court a notice identifying the attorney(s) who will argue the case and the phone number and email address of that attorney(s). The notice may be emailed to the court at nvscclerk@nvcourts.nv.gov. The attorneys will be required to schedule a session with the Clerk of the Court to test the capabilities of the connection and video equipment approximately one week prior to argument. (SC).		20-21287
06/22/2020	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice. (SC)		20-23088
07/07/2020	Case Status Update	Oral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before the En Banc Court. 73825. (SC)
12/10/2020	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Reversed and remanded." Before the Court En Banc. Author: Silver, J. Majority: Pickering/Gibbons/Hardesty/Parraguirre/Stiglich/Cadish/Silver. 136 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 78. En Banc. (SC).		20-44881
01/04/2021	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (SC)		21-00002
01/04/2021	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC)
01/27/2021	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on January 6, 2021. (SC)		21-00002

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