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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.235

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NRS 201.235  Definitions.  In NRS 201.235 to 201.254, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Community” means the area from which a jury is or would be selected for the court in which the action is tried.

      2.  “Item” includes any book, leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, motion picture, figure, object, article, novelty device, recording, transcription, phonograph record or tape recording, videotape or videodisc, with or without music, or other similar items.

      3.  “Material” means anything tangible which is capable of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound or in any other manner.

      4.  “Obscene” means any item, material or performance which:

      (a) An average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest;

      (b) Taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and

      (c) Does one of the following:

             (1) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.

             (2) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism.

             (3) Lewdly exhibits the genitals.

Ê Appeal shall be judged with reference to ordinary adults, unless it appears, from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination, to be designed for children or a clearly defined deviant group.

      5.  “Performance” means any play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience.

      [1911 C&P § 196; A 1955, 907]—(NRS A 1963, 1171; 1965, 584; 1971, 205, 493; 1979, 364)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 201.250)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2015 · leading case: New York v. Ferber
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New York v. Ferber (1982) scotus · cites it 2× “§ 28-807 (9) (1979); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.235 (1981); N. H. Rev.”
State v. Castaneda (2010) nev “Unlike obscenity, see NRS 201.235, indecency does not convey prurience; rather, “the normal definition of ‘indecent’ merely refers to nonconformance with accepted standards of morality.”
Sagehorn v. Independent School District No. 728 (2015) mnd “The Minnesota statute refers vaguely to “sexual contact” and “sexual conduct,” id., but it does not define “obscene” materials; the Nevada statute cited by the Rosario court did.”
State v. Smith (1983) nev “, NRS 201.235(1), which establishes a legislative expectation of jury trials in certain cases wherein a determination of obscenity is required.”
Lefevers v. State (2000) texcrimapp “17, § 2913(1)(B)(2) (1999) (same); Nev. Rev.Stat. § 201.235(4)(c) (1999) ("ultimate sexual acts” in separate subsection from "masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism” and "[l]ewdly exhibits the genitals”); N.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.235(1) — 1 case
State v. Smith (1983) nev “, NRS 201.235(1), which establishes a legislative expectation of jury trials in certain cases wherein a determination of obscenity is required.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.235(4) — 1 case
Sagehorn v. Independent School District No. 728 (2015) mnd “The Minnesota statute refers vaguely to “sexual contact” and “sexual conduct,” id., but it does not define “obscene” materials; the Nevada statute cited by the Rosario court did.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.235(4)(c) — 1 case
Lefevers v. State (2000) texcrimapp “17, § 2913(1)(B)(2) (1999) (same); Nev. Rev.Stat. § 201.235(4)(c) (1999) ("ultimate sexual acts” in separate subsection from "masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism” and "[l]ewdly exhibits the genitals”); N.”
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