2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 175 - Trial
NRS 175.191 - Presumption of innocence: Acquittal in case of reasonable doubt.

NV Rev Stat § 175.191 (2015) What's This?

A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved; and in case of a reasonable doubt whether the defendant’s guilt is satisfactorily shown, the defendant is entitled to be acquitted.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1427)

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