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IN THE SECOND JUDiCIAl DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADAIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE

9 ZAO-tARY BAkeR COUGHUN,101112

vs.Appellant, case No.: CRl1-2064

Dept No.: 10em OF RENO, a munldpal corporation,13

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Respondent.ORDER AfFIRMING RUUNq or THI RIINO MUNIQP l COURI

Presently before the Court Is an Appeal from a ruling o( the Reno Munldpal Court,17 led by Appellant ZACHARY BAKER COUGHUN (hereafter Appellant ) on December 2318 2011. Following, on February 7, 2012 Appellant tiled his Opening Brief on Appeal.19 Thereafter, on February 23 2012 Respondent cm OF RENO (hereinafter Respondent )20 led Its Answering Brie'. The matter I, now before the Court or Its consideration.21 This matter comes before the Court on a criminal appeal from the Reno Munldpal22 Court. On November 3D 2011 Appellant was convicted of Petit Larceny, a violation t23 RMC 8.10.040. Thereafter, on December 13 2011 Appellant tiled a Notice t Appeal with24 the Court.2S Although Appellant's arguments on appeal are unclear, Appellant raises a wide26 variety o( issues, Including, int r aI/iT thaI he was denied his Sixth Amendment Right to27 Counsel, that the MuniCipal Court erred In railing to grant him a conttnuance, that the28

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prosecution engaged In misconduct, that he was refused an opportuni ty to lesH on hisI ho,..". eonItt IhEa II llUI and correct eot:It 1 rhe OfIhl l O O ~ 1 ft, Reno MunJcIoaI C'xlft. ReftQ. ~Newecta. .1nd rtlGI rfle c r 01"'1 eoul I. 11 1. oustodlul1. ' ~ 1 I 1 f t I O O I d I_1M "'ft:Irtud 0 P " ,ltier.'..."".,. ..

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1 own behalf, tha tcertainev idenceshouldhavebeensuppressedpursuanttothe Fourth2 Amend ment ofthe United S lates Constitution, th athiSconvict io n Isnot supported by3 suffldent evidence, andthat [t }u rtherImprop rlellesanddueprocessdelldendes4 occurred.5 Unfo rtunate ly ,Appellantneither supports his arg uments w it hre levant authori ty nor6 dta tfonsto rele vantport fonsof therecord. Most Importa ntfy,Appellanthasrailedto7 providethisCourt with acopyofthe transcrtptofre levantprocee dings IntheReno8 Mun ldpal C ourt. l l Ie NevadaSupremeCourt hasheld thatan [a jppel la n thas the ultima9 respon sibili tytopro vfde th is court with 'portio nsof the recordessentfal todetennlna tfonof10 Issues raisedInappellant'sappeal: 71Iom4I If , State, 120Nev. 31n. 4 83P3d81811 (2 004)(c iti ngNRAP30(b)(3). Further,NRAP28(e)provfdes that [eJvel'fassertionIn

12 briefs regarding m attersIn therecord shall besu pportedbyare ferencetothepageof th e13 transcriptorappendix wherethematter reliedon Is tobefo und.14 WhileAppella nt didprovidethis Cou rt w ithiI CompactDisc conta in ingarecording0IS theMunldpalCourt proceedings , Appelll lnt didnotdteto thePOrtions of theCompactDisc16 that he elt support edhisarguments, andItIsnotthe res ponsib ility ofth isCourttoguess17 which port ionsoftheCompactDiscmig ht suppo rtAppel lant 'sarguments. In short,18 Appellantdid no t satlsf'yhisresponsibility tosupply iln cite tore levant portfonsof the19 recordmerelybypro ducingaCompactDiscrecordingof the entfre Munldpal Court20 proceeding.21 Inli ghtof Appellant's failu retoprovidethisCourt withan ad equa teappellate22 record,andAppella nt's co rrespondent failuretocite tosucharecord,th isCourtIsunable2J toconduct ameanin gfu l re view0 Appellant'sappeal. Thus,Appellan thasfailed tomeet24 /II25 /II26 1127 1 18 /II

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1 his burden In providing an adequate appellate record, and this Court must affirm the ruling2 0 the Reno Munldpal Court I3 NOW, THI RI FORE, IT S HI RI BY ORDI RED that the ruling 0 the Reno4 Municipal Court Is AfFIRMED5 IT S FURTHER ORDERID that this matter Is remanded back to the Reno6 Munldpal Court or all further proceedings789

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26 1 It Is o tn notlnlllha , pursuant to NItS ~ . ~ 1 0 1 ) . (tJI>e lees rer transcrtpts and copies 01 municipal courtproceedings) must be paid by the party ordering them. In a cJvll case Ihe preparation 01 the transcrtpt need27 not commence until the leeo hav" been deposited with the deputy derlo 0 the court. ACCD


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I hereby certll y that I electronically med the foregoing with the Oertc o the Court by3 using the ECF system w h l ~ served the follOwing parties electronically:4 ZACHARY COUGHUN ESQ. for ZACHARY COUGHUN5 PAMELA ROBERTS ESQ. or CITY OF RENO678910111213141516171819202122232425262728

D TED this 5 ~ ~ M _ ~. E IHO NJudicial AsSistant

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