Anderson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, D. J.:

Appellants seek reversal of a conviction for possession of narcotics, alleging as error a ruling of the trial court allowing, under NRS 175.015, only four peremptory challenges to be shared among all of the defendants. The joint defendants insist that they were each individually entitled to four peremptories.

NRS 175.085 provides that (1) if the offense charged is punishable with death or by imprisonment for life, the defendant is entitled to eight, and the state to eight peremptory challenges, and (2) if the offense charged is other than those mentioned in…