From Dean Dan - September 28, 2017
We are fortunate at the law school to have outstanding partnerships with the Nevada Judiciary. We are honored to welcome courts to come sit at Boyd, and next week we have a milestone. For the first time the Nevada Supreme Court is sitting en banc at the law school, and all seven justices will hear oral arguments. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students and we are excited and grateful.
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in three cases at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law at 10 am, Oct. 3. Arguments are scheduled in two criminal cases originating in the Eighth Judicial District Court and an appeal on the distribution of recreational marijuana.
The court has scheduled 60 minutes for oral arguments at 11:30 am in Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada, Inc. and Palidin LLC vs. The State of Nevada Department of Taxation and Nevada Tax Commission. The appeal seeks to determine who can be licensed to distribute recreational marijuana in Nevada. The Supreme Court placed an injunction on the distribution of recreational marijuana pending the oral arguments and a subsequent decision by the Court.
The Justices also will hear oral arguments in two criminal cases:
State vs. Brown: The appeal seeks a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court instructing the District Court to vacate its order compelling an intrusive psychological evaluation of a child victim.
State vs. Baker: The petition for a writ of mandamus challenges the District Court’s refusal to enter a witness’s testimony from a previous preliminary hearing as evidence in a second preliminary hearing. The witness was unavailable to testify in the second preliminary hearing, and the State asserts that the defendant waived his right to cross-examine the witness.
These hearings are open to the public. At the close of the oral arguments, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the Justices and attorneys about the legal process and the work of the Supreme Court.
Opportunities like this provide our students an incredible chance to see the judicial process in action. I want to thank Chief Justice Cherry and the Supreme Court for making this possible.
Dan
Dean & Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law
daniel.hamilton@unlv.edu
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