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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.370 (2026)

Indictment

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NRS 179.370  Indictment.  An indictment may be substantially in the following form:

 

Indictment

 

State of Nevada                              }

                                                           }ss.

County of........................................ }

 

       The State of Nevada, plaintiff, against A. B., defendant (or John Doe, whose real name is unknown). Defendant A. B., above named, is accused by the grand jury of the County of ........................, of a felony (or of the crime of murder or other name of crime), committed as follows: The said A. B., on the ....... day of the month of ........... of the year ......., or thereabouts, at the County of .........................., State of Nevada, without authority of law and with malice aforethought, killed Richard Roe, by shooting with a pistol (or with a gun or other weapon, according to the facts).

 

                                                   .......................................................................................

                                                                                District Attorney

                                                                   or District Attorney, by Deputy.

 

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1464; A 2001, 42)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1983 · leading case: Sheriff, Clark Cnty. v. Morris, 659 P.2d 852 (Nev. 1983).
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Sheriff, Clark Cnty. v. Morris, 659 P.2d 852 (Nev. 1983). · cites it 2× “] NRS 179.370 likewise recognizes that a proper murder indictment should, among other things, contain some reference to means.”
Simpson v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court, 503 P.2d 1225 (Nev. 1972). · cites it 2× “075, the legislature has adopted portions of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 7(c), 2 and in *657 NRS 179.370 it has set forth an approved form of murder indictment.”
Simpson v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., Cty. of Clark, Dept. VI, 503 P.2d 1225 (Nev. 1972). · cites it 2× “075, the legislature has adopted portions of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 7(c) [2] , and in NRS 179.370 it has set forth an approved form of murder indictment.”
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