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NRS 47.090 Preliminary hearings on confessions and evidence

Chapter 47: General Provisions; Judicial Notice; Presumptions

Preliminary hearings on the admissibility of confessions or statements by the accused or evidence allegedly unlawfully obtained shall be conducted outside the hearing of the jury. The accused does not by testifying at the hearing subject himself or herself to cross-examination as to other issues in the case. Testimony given by the accused at the hearing is not admissible against the accused on the issue of guilt at the trial.

Amendment history: (Added to NRS by 1971, 776)