Except as otherwise provided in this section, every qualified elector of the State, whether registered or not, who has sufficient knowledge of the English language, and who has not been convicted of treason, a felony, or other infamous crime, and who is not rendered incapable by reason of physical or mental infirmity, is a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides. A person who has been convicted of a felony is not a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides until the person’s civil right to serve as a juror has been restored pursuant to NRS 176A.850, 179.285, 213.090, 213.155 or 213.157.
NRS 6.010
Persons qualified to act as jurors
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons (2005)
Most recently applied in Pohlabel v. State (January 2012)
[1:65:1873; A 1881, 23; BH § 3788; C § 3867; RL § 4929; NCL § 8476]—(NRS A 2003, 2690)
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