State v. Tricas
Nevada Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*699OPINION
By the Court,
Gibbons, J.:
In this appeal, we consider Nevada’s prosecutorial immunity statutes, NRS 178.572 and NRS 178.574. NRS 178.572 provides that, on motion of the state, a court “may order that any material witness be released from all liability to be prosecuted or punished on account of any testimony or other evidence the witness may be required to produce.” NRS 178.574 states that “[s]uch order of immunity shall forever be a bar to prosecution against the witness for any offense shown in whole or in part by such testimony or other evidence except for perjury committed in the…
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