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Summary Of Artiga-Morales V. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 77, Janine Lee
Summary Of Artiga-Morales V. State, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 77, Janine Lee
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
In the absence of a rule or statute mandating disclosure of jury background information from the prosecution to the defense, no such obligation exists.[1] If policy considerations dictate that defendants should be allowed to see prosecution-developed jury dossiers, then a court rule should be proposed, considered and adopted as implicitly authorized by NRS 179A.100(7)(j). Such a procedure would allow the court to better assess the “scope of disparity, impact on juror privacy interests, the need to protect work product, practicality, and fundamental fairness
than this case, with its limited record and arguments.”
[1] This is the majority opinion. A …