NRS
260.050 Interview with and representation of indigent person.
1. The public defender may, before being
designated as counsel for that person pursuant to NRS 171.188, interview an indigent person
when he or she has been arrested and confined for a public offense or for
questioning on suspicion of having committed a public offense.
2. The public defender shall, when
designated pursuant to NRS 62D.030 or 171.188, represent without charge each
indigent person for whom he or she is appointed.
3. When representing an indigent person,
the public defender shall:
(a) Counsel and defend the person at every stage
of the proceedings, including, without limitation, during the initial
appearance and proceedings relating to admission to bail and the revocation of
probation or parole; and
(b) Prosecute, subject to the provisions of
subsection 4 of NRS 180.060, any appeals
or other remedies before or after conviction that he or she considers to be in
the interests of justice.
(Added to NRS by 1965,
598; A 1967,
1471; 1969,
479; 1971,
1412; 1973,
358; 1975,
42; 1977,
339; 1985,
1400; 2003,
1130; 2019,
2891; 2021,
2270)
Notes of Decisions
State v. Washoe Cnty. Pub. Def., 775 P.2d 217 (Nev. 1989).
· cites it 9× “The trial judge issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Reno Police Department to comply with NRS 260.050(1). Pursuant to the trial judge’s interpretation of the statute, the police department is required to allow a court services officer to interview a detainee during judicial…”
Mathews v. State, 541 P.2d 906 (Nev. 1975).
“The duties of county public defenders are set forth in NRS 260.050, and § 2 of that statute contemplates that county public defenders shall represent all eligible indigents at all stages of all appeals, except the post-conviction proceedings specified in NRS 180.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 260.050(1) — 1 case
State v. Washoe Cnty. Pub. Def., 775 P.2d 217 (Nev. 1989).
“The trial judge issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Reno Police Department to comply with NRS 260.050(1). Pursuant to the trial judge’s interpretation of the statute, the police department is required to allow a court services officer to interview a detainee during judicial…”
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