To the extent called to the attention of an expert witness upon cross-examination or relied upon by the expert witness in direct examination, a statement contained in a published treatise, periodical or pamphlet on a subject of history, medicine or other science or art, is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if such book is established as a reliable authority by the testimony or admission of the witness or by other expert testimony or by judicial notice.
NRS 51.255
Learned treatises
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Prabhu v. Levine (1996)
Most recently applied in Flores v. State (October 2005)
(Added to NRS by 1971, 796)
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Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.