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Sally S. deSoto

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Admitted
4/22/2004 (22 years, 5 months - more experience than 64% of active Nevada attorneys)
Law school
University of California-Hastings
Location
Reno, NV

Contact and address

Address
Washoe County Public Defender
350 S. Center St.
5th Floor
Reno, NV 89501-2103

Record last verified Jul 23, 2026

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Jul 23, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 94 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

6% won of 85 decided cases
Won 5Mixed 2Lost 78
Criminal cases
5% of 77
Court-order requests
13% of 8
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Criminal cases - Challenging a ruling: won 2 of 75 (2 mixed)
  • Criminal cases - Defending a ruling: won 2 of 2
  • Court-order requests - Challenging a ruling: won 0 of 1
  • Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 1 of 7

Appellate courts uphold far more rulings than they overturn, so lawyers who mostly defend rulings tend to show higher won-shares than lawyers who mostly challenge them. This breakdown lets you compare like with like.

Won means the court ruled the way this side asked. Mixed means the court agreed in part. Cases that were dismissed or have no clear result are listed but not counted. Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 84268-COA - HENEY, JR. (TIMOTHY) VS. STATE (Dec 15, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 84709-COA - STANKO (SARAH) VS. STATE (Nov 8, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 83937-COA - BLANCO (MICHEL) VS. STATE (Oct 27, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 84003-COA - WENGER (JOAN) VS. STATE (Sep 9, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 83432-COA - RENFROW (LEATHAN) VS. STATE C/W 83433 (Aug 8, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 84223-COA - JONES, II (ADRIAN) VS. STATE (Jun 17, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 84312 - BAKER (BYRON) VS. STATE (May 26, 2022)Dismissednot counted case details
  • 83856 - CARRILLO (THOMAS) VS. DIST. CT. (STATE) (Jan 27, 2022)Request deniedLost - sought the court order case details
  • 82308-COA - TUCKER (BRIAN) VS. STATE (Jan 5, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 82417-COA - CORNWELL (THOMAS) VS. STATE (Dec 16, 2021)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details

Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders

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