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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 6.010 (2026)

Persons qualified to act as jurors

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NRS 6.010  Persons qualified to act as jurors.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, every qualified elector of the State, whether registered or not, who has sufficient knowledge of the English language, and who has not been convicted of treason, a felony, or other infamous crime, and who is not rendered incapable by reason of physical or mental infirmity, is a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides. A person who has been convicted of a felony is not a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides until the person’s civil right to serve as a juror has been restored pursuant to NRS 176A.850, 179.285, 213.090, 213.155 or 213.157.

      [1:65:1873; A 1881, 23; BH § 3788; C § 3867; RL § 4929; NCL § 8476]—(NRS A 2003, 2690)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1968–2020 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
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Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). · cites it 2× “2004) Nevada 18 Nev. Rev. Stat. § 6.010 (2003) (juror must be qualified elector); § 293.”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev. Stat. § 6.010 (1987) N. H. N. H.”
Citizens for a Pub. Train Trench Vote v. City of Reno, 53 P.3d 387 (Nev. 2002). · cites it 6× “Similarly, the Reno City Charter, section 6.010, permits the City Council, without any election, to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain, convert to or authorize various local improvement projects, including overpass, underpass and street projects.”
Diomampo v. State, 185 P.3d 1031 (Nev. 2008). “Diomampo notes that, under Article 4, Section 27 of the Nevada Constitution, all qualified electors have the right to serve on a jury unless “convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, larceny or other high crimes” and that, according to NRS 6.010, a qualified juror is one who is a…”
North Carolina v. Rice, 404 U.S. 244 (1971). “§ 28-605 (1962); Ore. Rev. Stat. §44.020 (1963); be disqualified from serving as a juror, Idaho Const.”
Williams v. State, 125 P.3d 627 (Nev. 2005). “, NRS 6.010. In 2002, the Nevada Jury Improvement Commission recommended that at least three source lists be used 'to constitute jury pools.”
Pohlabel v. State, 268 P.3d 1264 (Nev. 2012). “2, § 1), serve on a jury (NRS 6.010), hold a public office (see, e.”
Oliver v. State, 456 P.2d 431 (Nev. 1969). “NRS 6.010 and 6.020. A juror is precluded from revealing to his fellow jurors any fact relating to the case of his own knowledge, and if he has such knowledge must disclose such information to the judge out of the presence of the other jurors.”
Supranovich (Thomas) v. State (Nev. 2018). · cites it 4× “3 Thomas also argues that the district court violated NRS 6.010 in removing juror #130 for his failure to meet that statute's English proficiency requirement, and he challenges the constitutionality of NRS 6.”
Owens (Darian) Vs. State (Nev. 2020). “See NRS 6.010 (providing that a juror is qualified "who has sufficient knowledge of the English language").”
Howard v. State, 446 P.2d 163 (Nev. 1968). “050], and NRS 6.010 specifically provides that “every qualified elector of the state, whether registered or not, who has sufficient knowledge of the English language, and who has not been convicted of treason, felony, or other infamous crime, and who is not rendered incapable by…”
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