Nev. Short. Trial. R. 24
The short trial judge shall advise the impaneled jury in the opening charge as follows:
A trial is a search for the truth using the rules of law. Therefore, the court will allow members of the jury to ask written questions of any witness called to testify in this case. You are not encouraged to ask questions because that is the responsibility of the attorneys. Nevertheless, if you believe that an important question has not been asked, or that an answer needs clarification, you may submit a question. Keep in mind that a witness scheduled to testify later in the trial may be the best person to answer that question.
A question may be asked in the following manner. Please write it down and pass the paper to the short trial judge. Copies will then immediately be made for counsel and the short trial judge. The short trial judge will privately confer with the attorneys at a convenient time and then decide if the question is appropriate under Nevada law.
If the question seeks factual information from the witness and is designed to clarify information about issues in this trial, the short trial judge or the attorneys may question the witness regarding the points raised in the juror question. No emphasis should be placed on the answer to the question merely because the question came from a juror.
If a question submitted by a juror is not asked, no adverse inference can be drawn. The question was simply not allowed under the Nevada Rules of Evidence and must be disregarded.
Nev. Short. Trial. R. 24