NRS
174.015 Conduct of arraignment.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, arraignment shall be conducted in open court and shall consist of
reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating the substance
of the charge and calling on the defendant to plead thereto. The defendant
shall be given a copy of the indictment or information before the defendant is
called upon to plead.
2. In justice court or municipal court,
before the trial commences, the complaint must be distinctly read to the
defendant before the defendant is called upon to plead.
3. In justice court or municipal court,
before the defendant is called upon to plead, the court shall determine whether
the defendant is eligible for assignment to a preprosecution diversion program
pursuant to NRS 174.031.
(Added to NRS by 1967,
1414; A 2017,
3013)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
7
cases, 1970–2020 · leading case:
Shannon v. State, 783 P.2d 942 (Nev. 1989).
Shannon v. State, 783 P.2d 942 (Nev. 1989).
“196(2); NRS 174.015; Snyder v. State, 103 Nev. 275 , 738 P.”
Snyder v. State, 738 P.2d 1303 (Nev. 1987).
“NRS 174.015 provides that “[arraignment shall be conducted in open court and shall consist of reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating to him the substance of the charge and calling him to plead thereto.”
Barton v. State, 607 P.2d 586 (Nev. 1980).
· cites it 2× “Thereupon, appellant was called upon to plead and he entered pleas of not guilty to all counts.”
Larsen v. State, 470 P.2d 417 (Nev. 1970).
“When not raised until after conviction or upon appeal, a reduced standard will be applied in testing the sufficiency of the indictment or information.”
Burns (Leonard) v. Dist. Ct. (State) (Nev. 2019).
· cites it 3× “NRS 174.015(1) provides that an " arraignment shall be conducted in open court and shall consist of reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating the substance of the charge and calling on the defendant to plead thereto.”
LaChance v. State, 2014 NV 29 (Nev. 2014).
· cites it 2× “See NRS 174.015; Hanley v. Zenoff, 81 Nev. 9, 12, 398 P.”
Morrow v. Williams (D. Nev. 2020).
“e postconviction review, the Nevada Court of Appeals affirmed the denial 19 of the claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that Morrow was never 20 formally arraigned: 21 Morrow argues the district court erred by denying his claim trial counsel was 22…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 174.015(1) — 1 case
Burns (Leonard) v. Dist. Ct. (State) (Nev. 2019).
“NRS 174.015(1) provides that an " arraignment shall be conducted in open court and shall consist of reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating the substance of the charge and calling on the defendant to plead thereto.”
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