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NRS 175.011 - Trial by jury. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Trial by jury. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. In a district court, cases required to be tried...
NRS 175.021 - Formation of jury; number of jurors. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Formation of jury; number of jurors. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. Trial juries for criminal actions are formed in the...
NRS 175.031 - Examination of trial jurors. - The court shall conduct the initial examination of prospective jurors,...
NRS 175.036 - Challenges for cause for individual jurors: Grounds; trial of challenge. - 1. Either side may challenge an individual juror for disqualification...
NRS 175.041 - Limitation of defendants’ right to sever in challenges. - When several defendants are tried together, they cannot sever their...
NRS 175.051 - Number of peremptory challenges. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Number of peremptory challenges. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. If the offense charged is punishable by death or...
NRS 175.061 - Alternate jurors. - 1. The court may direct that not more than six...
NRS 175.071 - Discharge of juror where juror dies or unable to perform duty. - If, before the conclusion of the trial, and there being...
NRS 175.081 - Discharge of jury after retirement upon accident or cause. - If, after the retirement of the jury, any accident or...
NRS 175.091 - Disability of judge during trial. - If by reason of death, sickness or other disability the...
NRS 175.101 - Disability of judge after verdict or finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill. - If by reason of absence from the judicial district, death,...
NRS 175.111 - Oath of jurors. - When the jury has been impaneled, the court shall administer...
NRS 175.121 - Personal knowledge of jurors. - 1. The judge shall then admonish the jury that: (a)...
NRS 175.131 - Judge to inform jury of right to take notes. - Before any evidence has been introduced the judge may inform...
NRS 175.141 - Order of trial. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Order of trial. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - The jury having been impaneled and sworn, the trial shall...
NRS 175.151 - Number of counsel who may argue case. - If the indictment or information be for an offense punishable...
NRS 175.161 - Instructions. - 1. Upon the close of the argument, the judge shall...
NRS 175.171 - No special instructions to be given relating exclusively to defendant’s testimony. - In the trial of all indictments, complaints and other proceedings...
NRS 175.181 - Instruction not to be given relative to failure of defendant to testify. - 1. No instruction shall be given relative to the failure...
NRS 175.186 - Instructions in prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction: Use of certain terms and instructions prohibited. - 1. In any prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual...
NRS 175.191 - Presumption of innocence: Acquittal in case of reasonable doubt. - A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be...
NRS 175.201 - Presumption of innocence: Conviction of lowest degree of offense. - Every person charged with the commission of a crime shall...
NRS 175.211 - Definition of reasonable doubt; no other definition to be given to juries. - 1. A reasonable doubt is one based on reason. It...
NRS 175.221 - Evidence. - 1. In all trials the testimony of witnesses shall be...
NRS 175.241 - Proof of corporate existence generally. - If, upon a trial or proceeding in a criminal case,...
NRS 175.251 - Conspiracy: Allegation and proof of overt act; evidence of overt acts not alleged. - Upon a trial for conspiracy, in a case where an...
NRS 175.261 - False pretenses: What evidence necessary. - Upon a trial for having, with an intent to cheat...
NRS 175.271 - Expert witnesses. - 1. The court may order the defendant or the State...
NRS 175.282 - Plea bargain: Inspection by jury; instruction of jury; cross-examination of defendant. - If a prosecuting attorney enters into an agreement with a...
NRS 175.291 - Testimony of accomplice must be corroborated; sufficiency of corroboration; accomplice defined. - 1. A conviction shall not be had on the testimony...
NRS 175.301 - Testimony of person upon or with whom abortion was allegedly committed. - Upon a trial for procuring or attempting to procure an...
NRS 175.311 - Procedure when higher offense is shown by evidence. - If it appears by the testimony that the facts proved...
NRS 175.321 - Procedure if higher offense ignored. - If an indictment for the higher offense be dismissed by...
NRS 175.331 - When defendant on bail appears for trial defendant may be committed and held. - When a defendant who has given bail appears for trial,...
NRS 175.341 - Mistake in charging proper offense: Defendant not discharged; commitment or bail. - When it appears, at any time before verdict or judgment,...
NRS 175.351 - Discharge of defendant when jury discharged for want of jurisdiction. - If the jury is discharged because the court has not...
NRS 175.361 - Offense committed in other county: Commitment to await warrant; admission to bail; transmittal of papers to district attorney of proper county; expense of transmission. - If the offense was committed within the jurisdiction of another...
NRS 175.371 - Discharge where defendant not arrested on warrant from other county; proceedings in case of arrest. - 1. If the defendant is not arrested on a warrant...
NRS 175.381 - Court may advise jury to acquit defendant when evidence on either side closed; motion for judgment of acquittal after verdict of guilty or guilty but mentally ill; subsequent motion for new trial. - 1. If, at any time after the evidence on either...
NRS 175.383 - Withdrawal, discharge or change of defense counsel; limitations. - If a counsel seeks to withdraw from the case or...
NRS 175.387 - Misconduct of defendant; sanctions. - 1. Whenever a defendant interferes with the orderly course of...
NRS 175.391 - Separation or custody of jury before submission. - The jurors sworn to try a criminal action may, at...
NRS 175.401 - Jury to be admonished at each adjournment. - At each adjournment of the court, whether the jurors are...
NRS 175.421 - Accommodations for jury upon retirement; power of court to furnish. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Accommodations for jury upon retirement; power of court to furnish. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A room shall be provided by the sheriff of each...
NRS 175.431 - Jury provided food and lodging when kept together. - While the jury are kept together, either during the progress...
NRS 175.441 - Jury may take written instructions, materials received in evidence, certain papers and own notes of trial on retiring for deliberation. - Upon retiring for deliberation, the jury may take with them:...
NRS 175.451 - Return of jury for information. - After the jury have retired for deliberation, if there is...
NRS 175.461 - Jury not to be discharged after cause submitted; exceptions. - Except as provided in NRS 175.081, the jury shall not...
NRS 175.471 - Adjournment of court during absence of jury. - While the jury are absent, the court may adjourn from...
NRS 175.481 - Return. - The verdict shall be unanimous. It shall be returned by...
NRS 175.491 - Verdict where there are several defendants. - If there are two or more defendants, the jury at...
NRS 175.501 - Jury may convict of lesser included offense or attempt. - The defendant may be found guilty or guilty but mentally...
NRS 175.511 - When offenses to be stated separately. - When the defendant may be convicted of more than one...
NRS 175.531 - Polling jury; further deliberation or discharge. - When a verdict is returned and before it is recorded...
NRS 175.533 - Finding of guilty but mentally ill upon plea of not guilty by reason of insanity; required findings; effect of finding. - 1. During a trial, upon a plea of not guilty...
NRS 175.539 - Acquittal by reason of insanity: Defendant to be examined; hearing to be held to determine whether defendant is mentally ill; procedure for committing defendant to custody of Division of Public and Behavioral Health. - 1. Where on a trial a defense of insanity is...
NRS 175.541 - Discharge of defendant after acquittal. - If judgment of acquittal be given on a verdict, and...
NRS 175.543 - Notice to defendant of provisions concerning sealing of records of proceedings leading to acquittal. - Upon the entry of a judgment of acquittal, the court...
NRS 175.547 - Notice of intent to request hearing; time of hearing; evidence; court to enter finding; "sexually motivated" defined. - 1. In any case in which a defendant pleads or...
NRS 175.552 - When required; procedure; evidence. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in every...
NRS 175.554 - Death penalty cases: Instructions to jury; determinations; findings and verdict; hearing to set aside sentence of defendant alleged to be intellectually disabled. - In cases in which the death penalty is sought: 1....
NRS 175.556 - Procedure when jury unable to reach unanimous verdict. - 1. In a case in which the death penalty is...