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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 14. Procedure in Criminal Cases § 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

Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

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.

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