NRS 171.204 – Exclusion of persons; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the magistrate may, if good cause is shown and upon the request of any party or on the magistrate’s own motion, exclude from the examination every person except: (a) The magistrate’s clerk; (b) The Attorney General; (c) The prosecuting attorney; (d) An investigating officer, after the investigating […]
NRS 171.206 – Procedure following preliminary examination.
If from the evidence it appears to the magistrate that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the defendant has committed it, the magistrate shall forthwith hold the defendant to answer in the district court; otherwise the magistrate shall discharge the defendant. The magistrate shall admit the defendant […]
NRS 171.208 – Remand for preliminary examination.
If a preliminary examination has not been had and the defendant has not unconditionally waived the examination, the district court may for good cause shown at any time before a plea has been entered or an indictment found remand the defendant for preliminary examination to the appropriate justice of the peace or other magistrate, and […]
NRS 171.192 – Certification of bail; discharge of defendant.
On admitting the defendant to bail, the magistrate shall certify on the warrant the fact of having done so, and deliver the warrant and recognizance to the officer having charge of the defendant. The officer shall forthwith discharge the defendant from arrest, and shall, without delay, deliver the warrant and recognizance to the justice of […]
NRS 171.194 – Procedure when arrest for capital offense.
The defendant, when arrested under a warrant for a capital offense, must be held in custody by the sheriff of the county in which the complaint is filed, unless admitted to bail after an examination or upon a writ of habeas corpus. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1406)
NRS 171.196 – Preliminary examination: Waiver; time for conducting; postponement; introduction of evidence and cross-examination of witnesses by defendant; admissibility of hearsay evidence.
1. If an offense is not triable in the Justice Court, the defendant must not be called upon to plead. If the defendant waives preliminary examination, the magistrate shall immediately hold the defendant to answer in the district court. 2. If the defendant does not waive examination, the magistrate shall hear the evidence within 15 […]
NRS 171.1965 – Discovery by defendant before preliminary examination; material subject to discovery; effect of failure to permit discovery.
1. At the time a person is brought before a magistrate pursuant to NRS 171.178, or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not less than 5 judicial days before a preliminary examination, the prosecuting attorney shall provide a defendant charged with a felony or a gross misdemeanor with copies of any: (a) Written or recorded […]
NRS 171.197 – Use of affidavit at preliminary examination: When permitted; notice by district attorney; circumstances under which district attorney must produce person who signed affidavit; continuances.
1. If a witness resides outside this State or more than 100 miles from the place of a preliminary examination, the witness’s affidavit may be used at the preliminary examination if it is necessary for the district attorney to establish as an element of any offense that: (a) The witness was the owner, possessor or […]
NRS 171.1975 – Use of audiovisual technology to present live testimony at preliminary examination: Requirements.
1. If a witness resides more than 100 miles from the place of a preliminary examination or is unable to attend the preliminary examination because of a medical condition, or if good cause otherwise exists, the magistrate must allow the witness to testify at the preliminary examination through the use of audiovisual technology. 2. If […]
NRS 171.198 – Reporting testimony of witnesses.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a magistrate shall employ a certified court reporter to take down all the testimony and the proceedings on the hearing or examination and, within such time as the court may designate, have such testimony and proceedings transcribed into typewritten transcript. 2. A magistrate who presides over a […]