NRS 175.291

Testimony of accomplice must be corroborated; sufficiency of corroboration; accomplice defined

Applied in 55 court decisions — leading case Brown v. State (1977)

Most recently applied in Robertson (Raekwon) Vs. State (May 2021)

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1429)

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1. A conviction shall not be had on the testimony of an accomplice unless the accomplice is corroborated by other evidence which in itself, and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration shall not be sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.

2. An accomplice is hereby defined as one who is liable to prosecution, for the identical offense charged against the defendant on trial in the cause in which the testimony of the accomplice is given.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.