Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, unless the statute in force at the time of commission of such gross misdemeanor prescribed a different penalty.
NRS 193.140
Punishment of gross misdemeanors
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case State v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Clark (2013)
Most recently applied in Mancilla-Delafuente v. Lynch (November 2015)
[1911 C&P § 19; RL § 6284; NCL § 9968]—(NRS A 1967, 459; 1981, 652; 2013, 977)
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