A district court having proper jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, if it has proper jurisdiction, may stay the execution of a sentence of death when a postconviction petition for habeas corpus has been filed only after appropriate notice has been given to the appropriate respondent in the case. (Added to NRS […]
When a person under a sentence of death files a proper postconviction petition for habeas corpus, a district court, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court on a subsequent appeal shall enter a stay of execution if the court finds a stay necessary for a proper consideration of the claims for relief. In making […]
A stay of execution must be entered by the court in writing and copies sent as soon as practicable to the Director of the Department of Corrections, the warden of the institution in which the offender is imprisoned and the Office of the Attorney General in Carson City. The court shall also enter an order […]
Any stay of execution previously entered by the court must be vacated if the court denies the petition for habeas corpus. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1221; A 1991, 91)
1. Upon the denial of any appeal pursuant to chapter 34 or 177 of NRS to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, the appellate court of competent jurisdiction shall dissolve any stay of execution previously […]
The respondent may file a petition with the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution within 10 days after the entry of a stay of execution by a district court to dissolve a stay which was improperly […]
