78873: Case View

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Case Information: 78873
Short Caption:	BENAVIDES (CRISTOBAL) VS. STATE	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	78873-COA, 85335
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C331026	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Life - Direct
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:		How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Cristobal Benavides	Joseph Z. Gersten (The Gersten Law Firm PLLC) Melinda Simpkins (Former) (Special Public Defender) JoNell Thomas (Former) (Special Public Defender)
Respondent	The State of Nevada	John T. Afshar (Clark County District Attorney) Alexander G. Chen (Clark County District Attorney) Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
05/31/2019	Filing Fee	Filing Fee Waived - Criminal. (SC)
05/31/2019	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (SC)		19-23788
06/11/2019	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Copy of District Court Minutes . (SC)		19-25263
06/12/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Although the district court currently retains jurisdiction, upon the entry of the judgment of conviction, appellate jurisdiction will be vested in this court. Upon entry of the judgment of conviction, the clerk of the district court shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the clerk of this court. (SC).		19-25415
07/05/2019	Other Incoming Document	Filed Proper Person Appellant's Document. (SC).		19-28797
07/08/2019	Order/Incoming	Filed District court order. Certified copy of order filed in district court on July 8, 2019. Judgment of Conviction (Jury Trial). (SC)		19-28858
07/16/2019	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. (Second NOA)		19-30141
07/18/2019	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Withdraw as Counsel. (SC)		19-30407
07/18/2019	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) (SC)		19-30443
07/31/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion to Withdraw and Limited Remand for Designation of Counsel. The clerk of this court shall remove the Special Public Defender's Office as counsel for appellant. District Court Order Appointing Counsel due: 35 days. fn1[The pro se letter filed on July 5, 2019, is denied as moot.] (SC)		19-32238
08/23/2019	Transcript	Filed Notice from Court Reporter. De'Awna Takas stating that the requested transcripts were delivered. Dates of transcripts: 04/30/18, 05/07/18, 05/14/18, 10/01/18, 10/31/18, 11/05/18, 11/26/18, 02/04/19, 04/03/19, 04/22/19, 04/29/19, 04/30/19, 05/01/19, 05/06/19, 05/07/19, 05/08/19, 06/24/19, 06/26/19. (SC)		19-35402
08/29/2019	Order/Incoming	Filed District Court Order Appointing Counsel. Filed District Court Minutes on August 28, 2019 appointing Joseph Z. Gersten as counsel for appellant. (SC)		19-36237
09/10/2019	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Setting Briefing Schedule. Appellant's Docketing Statement due: 21 days; Opening Brief and Appendix due: 120 days. (SC).		19-37785
09/29/2019	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement Criminal Appeals. (SC)		19-40407
11/06/2019	Other	Returned Unfiled Document - Proper Person Letter Regarding Case. (SC)		19-45707
12/30/2019	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: January 22, 2020. (SC).		19-52377
01/21/2020	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief (REJECTED PER NOTICE ISSUED 01/21/20). (SC)
01/21/2020	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Rejection of Deficient Brief. Corrected Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: 5 days. (SC)		20-02843
01/21/2020	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)		20-02913
01/21/2020	Appendix	Filed Appellant's First Appendix - Volume 1. (SC)		20-02914
02/19/2020	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief. (SC)		20-06866
03/16/2020	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Telephonic Extension. Appellant's Reply Brief due: April 3, 2020. (SC)		20-10227
03/31/2020	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion for Enlargement of Time (Reply Brief). (SC).		20-12337
04/10/2020	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Reply Brief due: July 2, 2020. (SC).		20-13657
07/16/2020	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/To Screening. No Reply Brief Filed. (SC).
08/14/2020	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Transfer Case to Court of Appeals. (SC).		20-30119
08/14/2020	Case Status Update	Transferred to Court of Appeals. (SC).
10/21/2020	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED." Court of Appeals-MG/JT/BB. (SC).
11/16/2020	Case Status Update	Transferred from Court of Appeals. (SC)
11/16/2020	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (SC)		20-41646
11/16/2020	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC)
12/11/2020	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on November 24, 2020. (SC)		20-41646
05/12/2021	Other	Returned Unfiled Proper Person Document. (SC)		21-13581

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