Robinson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Leavitt, L:

At issue in this case is whether the term ‘ ‘prisoner’ ’ as defined in NRS 193.022 applies to persons placed in civil protective custody. We hold that the term “prisoner” only applies to individuals in custody for criminal conduct, and not to persons in civil protective custody. Therefore, the district court erroneously convicted appellant for battery by a prisoner while he was in the civil protective custody of the Washoe County Jail.

FACTS

In November 1999, appellant Kirt Douglas Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of battery by a prisoner. The conviction was a…