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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.090 (2026)

Public sittings

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NRS 1.090  Public sittings.  The sitting of every court of justice must be public except as otherwise provided by law, but the judge of any court may exclude any minor during any criminal trial therein except when the minor is on trial or is testifying as a witness.

      [42:19:1865; A 1927, 138; NCL § 8404]—(NRS A 2023, 2595)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1964–2007 · leading case: Whitehead v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 873 P.2d 946 (Nev. 1994).
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Whitehead v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 873 P.2d 946 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 4× “In a document filed on October 27, 1993, the Commission's counsel disingenuously asserted that this court's initial "confidentiality order [was] not valid since it binds only [the Commission] and is contrary to NRS 1.090 which requires proceedings before this Court to be open…”
In re Halverson, 169 P.3d 1161 (Nev. 2007). · cites it 2× “4683(1), providing for confidentiality of all Commission proceedings until formal charges are filed, and NRS 1.090, requiring proceedings in this court to be public.”
Del Papa v. Steffen, 915 P.2d 245 (Nev. 1996). · cites it 2× “NRS 1.090 provides: “The sitting of every court of justice shall be public except as otherwise provided by law.”
Whitehead v. Nevada Com'n on Jud. Discipline, 893 P.2d 866 (Nev. 1995). · cites it 2× “NRS 1.090; NRS 239.010. [4] The majority suggests that NRS 239.”
State v. Boyce, 396 P.2d 135 (Nev. 1964). · cites it 3× “” The court quashed the indictment not upon any of these grounds, but upon the ground that the impanelment of the grand jury was not made in open court in violation of NRS 1.090. *464 NRS 1.090 provides in part as follows: “The setting of every court of justice shall be public…”
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