2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 177 - Appeals and Remedies After Conviction
NRS 177.267 - Time within which Supreme Court shall render opinion on appeal from judgment of death. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

1. An appeal to the Supreme Court from a judgment of death or the review of such a judgment by that Court must be decided and an opinion rendered within 150 days after the Court has received the record on appeal from the clerk of the sentencing court. If an opinion is not rendered within that time, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall state on the record the reasons which caused the delay and the facts supporting those reasons.

2. Any failure of the Court to comply with the requirements of this section is not a ground for setting aside the judgment of death.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 388)

NRS 177.267 Time within which court of appeals or Supreme Court shall render opinion on appeal from judgment of death. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

1. An appeal to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution from a judgment of death or the review of such a judgment by that court must be decided and an opinion rendered within 150 days after the court has received the record on appeal from the clerk of the sentencing court. If an opinion is not rendered within that time, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as applicable, shall state on the record the reasons which caused the delay and the facts supporting those reasons.

2. Any failure of the court to comply with the requirements of this section is not a ground for setting aside the judgment of death.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 388; A 2013, 1761, effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)