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Case Information: 81279
Short Caption:	HOWARD (SAMUEL) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC) C/W 81278	Court:	Supreme Court
Consolidated:	81278*, 81279	Related Case(s):	42593, 57469, 73223, 73462, 81278
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A780434, C053867	Classification:	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:	09/24/2020	How Submitted:	On Briefs

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Samuel Howard	Deborah A. Czuba (Federal Defender Services of Idaho) Lance J. Hendron (Lance J. Hendron, Attorney at Law, LLC) Jonah J. Horwitz (Federal Defender Services of Idaho) Samuel Richard Rubin (Federal Defender Services of Idaho)
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
06/04/2020	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing Fee Waived. Criminal. (SC)
06/04/2020	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) (SC)		20-21097
06/10/2020	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement Criminal Appeals. (SC)		20-21720
06/12/2020	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Consolidate. (SC)		20-21971
06/22/2020	Transcript Request	Filed Certificate That No Transcript is Being Requested. (SC)		20-23014
06/24/2020	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief (REJECTED PER 6/25/20 NOTICE). (SC)
06/25/2020	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Deficient Brief. Corrected Opening Brief due: 5 days. (SC)		20-23602
06/25/2020	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC).		20-23618
06/25/2020	Appendix	Filed Joint Appendix Volume 1. (SC).		20-23619
06/25/2020	Appendix	Filed Joint Appendix Volume 2. (SC).		20-23621
06/25/2020	Appendix	Filed Joint Appendix Volume 3. (SC).		20-23622
06/30/2020	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motions to Consolidate. Respondent's Single Answering Brief due: July 27, 2020. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-24156
07/27/2020	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance (Jonathan E. VanBoskerck). Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-27150
07/27/2020	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion for Enlargement of Time (First Request) (Answering Brief). Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-27151
07/28/2020	Motion	Filed Appellant's Response to Motion for Extension. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-27458
08/04/2020	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Respondent shall have until August 26, 2020, to file and serve the answering brief. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-28409
08/25/2020	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-31337
08/25/2020	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Answering Brief. (SC)		20-31338
09/03/2020	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Extend Time for Reply Brief (First Request)Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		20-32530
09/21/2020	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's reply brief due: October 26, 2020. Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		20-34618
09/24/2020	Brief	Filed Appellant's Reply Brief. Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		20-35139
09/24/2020	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/Submitted For Decision. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)
10/01/2020	Motion	Filed Appellant's Unopposed Motion to Expedite. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-35948
10/01/2020	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion Non-Opposition to Motion to Expedite and Waiver of Oral Argument. Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		20-36072
10/02/2020	Motion	Filed Appellant's Reply in Support of Motion to Expedite. Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		20-36197
10/13/2020	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Partially Granting Motion. Appellant has filed an unopposed motion asking that this court expedite this appeal and enter a disposition by January 23, 2021. The motion is granted to the following extent. This court will expedite resolution of this appeal to the extent permitted by this court's docket. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		20-37495
03/24/2021	Motion	Filed Appellant's Renewed Motion to Expedite. Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		21-08375
03/24/2021	Motion	Filed Respondent's Non-Opposition to Renewed Motion to Expedite. Nos. 81278/81279 (SC)		21-08421
04/12/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Appellant has filed a renewed motion to expedite these appeals. This court has already agreed to expedite resolution of this appeal to the extent permitted by this court's docket. To the extent appellant requests that resolution be expedited any further, the motion is denied. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		21-10370
09/16/2021	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Reversed and remanded." Before the Court En Banc. Author: Herndon, J. Majority: Hardesty/Parraguirre/Stiglich/Cadish/Silver/Pickering/Herndon. 137 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 48. En Banc. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC).		21-26895
10/11/2021	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		21-29134
10/11/2021	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)
10/19/2021	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on October 12, 2021. Nos. 81278/81279. (SC)		21-29134

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