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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.186 (2026)

Instructions in prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction: Use of certain terms and instructions prohibited

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NRS 175.186  Instructions in prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction: Use of certain terms and instructions prohibited.

      1.  In any prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction or for an attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit either crime, the term “unchaste character” may not be used with reference to the alleged victim of the crime in any instruction to the jury.

      2.  In a prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction, the court may not give any instructions to the jury to the effect that it is difficult to prove or establish the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1132; A 1977, 1630; 1991, 126)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1988–2003 · leading case: Hardin v. State, 840 A.2d 1217 (Del. 2003).
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Hardin v. State, 840 A.2d 1217 (Del. 2003). “Nev.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 175.186(2) (Michie 1986) (prohibiting instruction that rape accusation is easy to make).”
Lane v. Second Jud. Dist. Court, 760 P.2d 1245 (Nev. 1988). “NRS 175.186 correspondingly restricts jury instructions: 1.”
Lane v. Second Jud. Dist., 760 P.2d 1245 (Nev. 1988). “NRS 175.186 correspondingly restricts jury instructions: 1.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.186(2): 1 case
Hardin v. State, 840 A.2d 1217 (Del. 2003). “Nev.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 175.186(2) (Michie 1986) (prohibiting instruction that rape accusation is easy to make).”
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