If a preliminary examination has not been had and the defendant has not unconditionally waived the examination, the district court may for good cause shown at any time before a plea has been entered or an indictment found remand the defendant for preliminary examination to the appropriate justice of the peace or other magistrate, and the justice or other magistrate shall then proceed with the preliminary examination as provided in this chapter.
NRS 171.208
Remand for preliminary examination
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 171–171 (111 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Sturrock v. State (1979)
Most recently applied in Parsons v. State (October 2000)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1407; A 1987, 1188)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.