Order of immunity releasing material witness from prosecution or punishment on motion of State
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth v. Swinehart (1995)
Most recently applied in State v. Tricas (December 2012)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1457; A 1983, 1346; 1985, 1030)
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.
1. In any investigation before a grand jury, or any preliminary examination or trial in any court of record, the court on motion of the State may order that any material witness be released from all liability to be prosecuted or punished on account of any testimony or other evidence the witness may be required to produce.
2. Any motion, hearing or order regarding the immunity of a grand jury witness must not be made public before an indictment or presentment is issued in the case.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.