NRS 175.201 - Presumption of innocence: Conviction of lowest degree of offense.

NV Rev Stat § 175.201 (2019) (N/A)
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Every person charged with the commission of a crime shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved by competent evidence beyond a reasonable doubt; and when an offense has been proved against the person, and there exists a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees the person is guilty, the person shall be convicted only of the lowest.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1427)