2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 174 - Arraignment and Preparation for Trial
NRS 174.519 - Request for preference in setting date for trial where child is victim or witness; court may consider effect on child of delay in commencement of trial.
If the trial involves acts committed against a child less than 16 years of age or involving acts witnessed by a child less than 16 years of age, the prosecuting attorney shall request the court, in its discretion, to give preference in setting a date for the trial of the defendant. In making a ruling, the court may consider the effect a delay in the commencement of the trial might have on the mental or emotional health or well-being of the child.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 400; A 1997, 511)
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