NRS178.750. District attorney to submit annual report to Attorney General on cases filed that included charge for murder or involuntary manslaughter.


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  •       1.  The district attorney for each county shall prepare and submit a report, on a form approved by the Attorney General, to the Attorney General not later than February 1 of each year concerning each case filed during the previous calendar year that included a charge for murder or voluntary manslaughter. The district attorney shall exclude from the report any charge for manslaughter that resulted from a death in an accident or collision involving a motor vehicle.

          2.  The report required pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation:

          (a) The age, gender and race of the defendant;

          (b) The age, gender and race of any codefendant or other person charged or suspected of having participated in the homicide and in any alleged related offense;

          (c) The age, gender and race of the victim of the homicide and any alleged related offense;

          (d) The date of the homicide and of any alleged related offense;

          (e) The date of filing of the information or indictment;

          (f) The name of each court in which the case was prosecuted;

          (g) Whether or not the prosecutor filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty and, if so, when the prosecutor filed the notice;

          (h) The final disposition of the case and whether or not the case was tried before a jury;

          (i) The race, ethnicity and gender of each member of the jury, if the case was tried by a jury; and

          (j) The identity of:

                 (1) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the decision to file the initial charges against the defendant;

                 (2) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the decision to offer or accept a plea, if applicable;

                 (3) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the decision to seek the death penalty, if applicable; and

                 (4) Each person outside the office of the district attorney who was consulted in determining whether to seek the death penalty or to accept or reject a plea, if any.

          3.  If all the information required pursuant to subsection 1 cannot be provided because the case is still in progress, an additional report must be filed with the Attorney General each time a subsequent report is filed until all the information, to the extent available, has been provided.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2084; A 2007, 421)