Nevada Statutes

§ 34.005 — Prosecuting agency” defined

Nevada·Title 3 REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS·Ch. 34 Writs;· GENERAL PROVISIONS

As used in this chapter, “prosecuting agency” means:

1.The district attorney of the county in which the judgment of conviction or sentence being challenged in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was obtained, if the district attorney or a deputy district attorney prosecuted the petitioner in the original proceeding which led to the judgment of conviction or sentence; or
2.The Attorney General, if the Attorney General or a deputy attorney general prosecuted the petitioner in the original proceeding which led to the judgment of conviction or sentence being challenged in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

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(Added to NRS by 2023, 1612 )

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