No. 18-372

Ryan Joe Coddington v. Nevada

Lower Court: Nevada
Docketed: 2018-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality prosecutor-conflict prosecutorial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct recusal
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a criminal defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial before a fair and impartial tribunal denied when the tribunal is linked by marriage to the lead prosecutor trying the criminal case?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a criminal defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial before a fair and impartial tribunal denied when the tribunal is linked by marriage to the lead prosecutor trying the criminal case?

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-02
Waiver of right of respondent Nevada to respond filed.
2018-09-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)

Attorneys

Nevada
Stephen B. RyeLyon County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Ryan Coddington
Jeremy J. NorkHolland & Hart LLP, Petitioner