Except as otherwise provided in this section, a motion to withdraw a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere may be made only before sentence is imposed or imposition of sentence is suspended. To correct manifest injustice, the court after sentence may set aside the judgment of conviction and permit the defendant to withdraw the plea.
NRS 176.165
When plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere may be withdrawn
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case Hargrove v. State (1984)
Most recently applied in SUNSERI (KEVIN) VS. STATE (September 2021)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1989, 1983; 1995, 2456; 2003, 1467; 2007, 1421)
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