Nevada Statutes
§ 51.295 — Judgment of previous conviction
1.Evidence of a final judgment, entered after trial or upon a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill, but not upon a plea of nolo contendere, adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of 1 year is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule to prove any fact essential to sustain the judgment.
2.This section does not make admissible, when offered by the State in a criminal prosecution for purposes other than impeachment, a judgment against a person other than the accused.
3.The pendency of an appeal may be shown but does not affect admissibility.
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Related
Jones v. State
771 P.2d 154 (Nevada Supreme Court, 1989)
Legislative History
(Added to NRS by 1971, 797 ; A 1995, 2466 ; 2003, 1480 ; 2007, 1436 )
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§ 51.015
Definitions§ 51.025
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“Hearsay” defined§ 51.045
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General rule§ 51.067
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Credibility of declarant§ 51.085
Present sense impressions§ 51.095
Excited utterances§ 51.125
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