April 17, 2024, Oral Arguments
Green Leaf Farm Holdings, LLC vs. Belmont NLV,LLC
Las Vegas– 10:00 a.m. – Panel B24
Melton (Wendell) vs. State
Las Vegas– 10:30 a.m. – Panel B24
Brown (Jerome) vs. State
Las Vegas– 11:30 a.m. – Panel B24
Green Leaf Farm Holdings, LLC vs. Belmont NLV,LLC
Docket No. 84779
Las Vegas– 10:00 a.m. – Panel B24
This is an appeal from a district court’s grant of summary judgment. Tenant Green Leaf sued after Landlord Belmont refused to allow Green Leaf to exercise its option to purchase and terminated the lease. Belmont also sued to recover rent owed under the lease and to enforce security agreements, including one in Green Leaf’s cannabis licenses. The issues on appeal are whether (1) the district court erred in awarding damages without considering Green Leaf’s unpleaded offset defense or conversion claim; (2) the district court erred by finding that Green Leaf did not properly exercise its lease option to purchase the property; (3) the district court abused its discretion in not granting NRCP 56(d) relief; and (4) parties can create a security interest in a cannabis license.
Melton (Wendell) vs. State
Docket No. 84864
Las Vegas– 10:30 a.m. – Panel B24
Wendell Melton was convicted of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon; child abuse, neglect, or endangerment with a deadly weapon; and child abuse, neglect, or endangerment, and sentenced to 28 years to life. He raises several issues on appeal, including: (1) whether his Sixth Amendment right to a representative cross section of the community on his jury venire was violated; (2) whether the trial court erred when it refused to answer a question by the jury; (3) whether the trial court erred when it did not restrain the victim’s mother’s speech; (4) whether the prosecutor mischaracterized evidence during closing arguments; (5) whether the district court plainly erred when it failed to make findings on the factors under the sentencing-enhancement statute; and (6) whether potential state witness statements warranted a new trial.
Brown (Jerome) vs. State
Docket No. 85934
Las Vegas– 11:30 a.m. – Panel B24
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of two counts of sexual assault. Appellant Jerome Brown’s DNA matched DNA from two 1990s sexual assault cold cases. Brown argues (1) his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure was violated; (2) his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated; (3) his right against self-incrimination was violated; (4) his right to self-representation was violated; (5) the State committed prosecutorial misconduct by impermissibly shifting the burden of proof; (6) witness Miller impermissibly vouched for another witness; (7) the district court erred by providing the jury with Jury Instruction 16; (8) the court should overrule Gaxiola v. State; and (9) cumulative error warrants reversal.