Nev. Rev. Stat. » NRS: CHAPTER 6 - JURIES

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 6.135

Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section NRSleg.state.nv.us (official) Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
NRS 6.135  Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses.

      1.  Upon request of the Governor, or of the Legislature by concurrent resolution, the district judge of any county shall cause a grand jury to be impaneled in the same manner as other grand juries are impaneled, except that the sole duty of a grand jury impaneled under the provisions of this section shall limit its investigations to state affairs, and to the conduct of state officers and employees. The report of such grand jury shall be transmitted to the Governor and the Legislature.

      2.  The expenses of a grand jury impaneled under the provisions of this section shall be a charge against the General Fund of the State, to be certified by the district judge and paid on claims.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 548)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1966–1996 · leading case: Sawyer v. First Judicial District Court
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Sawyer v. First Judicial District Court (1966) nev · cites it 9× “*54 OPINION Per Curiam: Petitioner, the governor of Nevada, seeks a writ of prohibition to bar the First Judicial District Court from impaneling a state grand jury pursuant to NRS 6.135. Said statute initially was invoked by the lieutenant governor.”
Gier v. Ninth Judicial District Court (1990) nev · cites it 2× “The specific limited purpose set forth in the August 15, 1988, order was properly expanded by the charge given when the grand jury was actually selected on December 5, 1988. Although the grand jury was primarily impaneled to investigate county affairs (the parks scandal), this…”
Del Papa v. Steffen (1996) nev “NRS 6.135(1). Respondent Justices, however, chose none of these courses prior to launching their own unauthorized and illegal investigation.”
Dickerson v. Grand Jury of Washoe County (1966) nev · cites it 4× “1 His argument is bottomed on two propositions: first, that NRS 6.135(1) (sometimes referred to as the state grand jury statute) reveals a legislative intention that state affairs be investigated by a grand jury impaneled under that statute, and not otherwise; 2 second, that Nev.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 6.135(1) — 3 cases
Gier v. Ninth Judicial District Court (1990) nev “The specific limited purpose set forth in the August 15, 1988, order was properly expanded by the charge given when the grand jury was actually selected on December 5, 1988. Although the grand jury was primarily impaneled to investigate county affairs (the parks scandal), this…”
Del Papa v. Steffen (1996) nev “NRS 6.135(1). Respondent Justices, however, chose none of these courses prior to launching their own unauthorized and illegal investigation.”
Dickerson v. Grand Jury of Washoe County (1966) nev “1 His argument is bottomed on two propositions: first, that NRS 6.135(1) (sometimes referred to as the state grand jury statute) reveals a legislative intention that state affairs be investigated by a grand jury impaneled under that statute, and not otherwise; 2 second, that Nev.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.