Legal Opinion
City of Las Vegas v. Walsh
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 2005No. 41317PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court, Becker, C. J.:
This case involves the scope of NRS 50.315(4), which permits the admission of a nurse’s affidavit to prove certain facts relating to the withdrawal of blood for testing purposes. It also implicates the construction of that statute in light of the United States Supreme Court’s recent holding in Crawford v. Washington.
On June 11, 2004, a panel of this court issued an opinion in this case limiting the admissibility of a registered nurse’s affidavit in respondent Mike Gehner’s trial for driving under the influence of alcohol. This court concluded that the…
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