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2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 175 - Trial
NRS 175.201 - Presumption of innocence: Conviction of lowest degree of offense.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 175.201 (2019)
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)
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