Nevada Supreme Court, 1990

The Nevada Supreme Court reversed Samuel Culverson’s first‑degree murder conviction, holding that Nevada law does not require a defendant to be in actual danger to claim self‑defense and that a non‑aggressor who reasonably believes he faces deadly force has no duty to retreat.

The court held that Brough’s refusal to submit to a blood test until after a medical examination was a refusal to submit to an evidentiary test under Nevada’s implied-consent law.

The Nevada Supreme Court, per curiam, held that a juvenile court order certifying a minor to stand trial as an adult is a final, appealable order, and the minor's timely appeal from that certification remains pending.