Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.750

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 178.750 - District attorney to submit annual report to Department of Sentencing Policy on cases filed that included charge for murder or involuntary manslaughter; contents of report
1. The district attorney for each county shall prepare and submit a report, on a form approved by the Department of Sentencing Policy created by NRS 176.01323, to the Department of Sentencing Policy not later than February 1 of each year concerning each case filed during the previous calendar year that included a charge for murder or voluntary manslaughter. The district attorney shall exclude from the report any charge for manslaughter that resulted from a death in a crash involving a motor vehicle.
2. The report required pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation:
(a) The name, age, gender and race of the defendant;
(b) The age, gender and race of any codefendant or other person charged or suspected of having participated in the homicide and in any alleged related offense;
(c) The age, gender and race of the victim of the homicide and any alleged related offense;
(d) The date of the homicide and of any alleged related offense;
(e) The date of filing of the information or indictment;
(f) The case number and court in which the case was prosecuted;
(g) Whether or not the prosecutor filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty and, if so, when the prosecutor filed the notice;
(h) The final disposition of the case and whether or not the case was tried before a jury;
(i) The race, ethnicity and gender of each member of the jury, if the case was tried by a jury; and
(j) The identity of:
(1) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the decision to file the initial charges against the defendant;
(2) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the decision to offer or accept a plea, if applicable;
(3) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the decision to seek the death penalty, if applicable; and
(4) Each person outside the office of the district attorney who was consulted in determining whether to seek the death penalty or to accept or reject a plea, if any.
3. If all the information required pursuant to subsection 1 cannot be provided because the case is still in progress, an additional report must be filed with the Department of Sentencing Policy each time a subsequent report is filed until all the information, to the extent available, has been provided.

NRS 178.750

Added to NRS by 2003, 2084; A 2007, 421; 2015, 1659; 2023, 668
Amended by 2023, Ch. 130,§1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2015, Ch. 317,§69, eff. 1/1/2016.
Added to NRS by 2003, 2084; A 2007, 421