Combined Case Information: 82465-COA & 82465
Short Caption:	BERNAL (THOMAS) VS. STATE	Court:	Court of Appeals & Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	82465
Lower Court Case(s):	Lyon Co. - Third Judicial District - 20-CR-00099	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Life - Direct
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	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	Thomas Jason Bernal	Karla K. Butko LeAnn E. Schumann (Former) (Jesse Kalter Law, P.C.)
Respondent	The State of Nevada	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Matthew K. Merrill (Lyon County District Attorney) Stephen B. Rye (Lyon County District Attorney)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
02/11/2021	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing Fee Waived. Criminal. (SC)
02/11/2021	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) (SC)		21-04096
02/17/2021	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement Criminal Appeals. (SC)		21-04667
02/17/2021	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Withdraw. (SC)		21-04719
02/26/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion to Withdraw and Remanding for Consideration of Appointment of Counsel. The clerk of this court shall remove attorney LeAnn E. Schumann and Jesse Kalter Law, P.C., as counsel of record for appellant. This court remands this appeal to the district court for the limited purpose of securing counsel for appellant. District Court Order due: 37 days. The deadlines for filing documents in this appeal are suspended until further order of this court. (SC)		21-05820
03/15/2021	Order/Incoming	Filed District Court Order Appointing Counsel. Filed certified copy of order filed in district court on March 9, 2021, appointing Thomas L. Qualls as counsel for appellant. (SC)		21-07469
03/31/2021	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Withdraw as Counsel Due to Employment with State of Nevada. (SC)		21-09387
04/07/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion to Withdraw and Remanding to Secure Appellate Counsel. The clerk of this court shall remove Thomas Qualls as counsel of record for appellant. District Court Order Appointing Counsel due: 35 days. The deadlines for filing documents in this appeal are suspended until further order of this court. (SC)		21-09963
04/12/2021	Order/Incoming	Filed District Court Order Appointing Counsel. Filed certified copy of order filed in district court on 412/21 appointing Karla Butko as counsel for appellant. (SC)		21-10546
04/12/2021	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance. Matthew K. Merrill for Respondent. (REJECTED PER NOTICE). (SC)
04/13/2021	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Rejection of Filed Document (Notice of appearance). (SC)		21-10588
04/14/2021	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance (Matthew K. Merrill, Senior Deputy District Attorney as counsel for Respondent). (SC)		21-10800
04/15/2021	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance (Karla K. Butko as counsel for Appellant). (SC)		21-10891
04/19/2021	Order/Incoming	Filed District Court Order Appointing Counsel. Filed certified copy of order filed in district court on 4/12/21 appointing Karla Butko, Esq. as counsel for appellant. (SC)		21-11208
04/20/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Reinstating Briefing. The clerk of this court shall add attorney Karla Butko to the docket in this appeal. Appellant: Transcript Request Form due: 14 days; Opening Brief and Appendix due: 120 days. (SC)		21-11411
05/03/2021	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion for Transcripts at Taxpayers' Expense. (SC)		21-12578
05/05/2021	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement Criminal Appeals. (SC)		21-12873
08/09/2021	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion for Continuance/Extension of Time in Which to File Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)		21-23125
08/16/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant shall have until October 1, 2021, to file and serve the opening brief and appendix. (SC)		21-23891
09/23/2021	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Case Appel Statement (Criminal). (SC)		21-27489
09/23/2021	Brief	Filed Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)		21-27558
09/23/2021	Appendix	Filed Appellant's Appendix - Volume 1. (SC)		21-27559
09/23/2021	Appendix	Filed Appellant's Appendix - Volume 2. (SC)		21-27560
09/23/2021	Appendix	Filed Appellant's Appendix - Volume 3. (SC)		21-27562
09/23/2021	Appendix	Filed Appellant's Appendix - Volume 4. (SC)		21-27563
09/23/2021	Appendix	Filed Appellant's Appendix - Volume 5. (SC)		21-27565
10/18/2021	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Respondent's answering brief due: November 8, 2021. (SC)		21-29797
11/08/2021	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief. (REJECTED PER NOTICE ISSUED 11/9/21) (SC)
11/09/2021	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Rejection of Deficient Brief. Corrected brief due: 5 days. (SC)		21-32177
11/09/2021	Brief	Filed Respondent's Answering Brief. (SC)		21-32221
12/29/2021	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/To Screening. No reply brief filed. (SC)
01/20/2022	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Transfer Case to Court of Appeals. (SC).		22-02094
01/20/2022	Case Status Update	Transferred to Court of Appeals. (SC).
01/20/2022	Case Status Update	Transferred from Supreme Court. (COA).
04/20/2022	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED." Court of Appeals-MG/JT/BB (COA)		22-12510
04/20/2022	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED." Court of Appeals-MG/JT/BB (SC)
05/16/2022	Case Status Update	Transferred to Supreme Court. (COA)
05/16/2022	Case Status Update	Transferred from Court of Appeals. (SC)
05/16/2022	Case Status Update	Case Closed. (COA)
05/16/2022	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (SC)		22-15423
05/16/2022	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC)
05/20/2022	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on May 17, 2022. (SC)		22-15423