State v. Javier C.

OPINION

By the Court,

Pickering, J.:

We consider whether a juvenile detained for delinquency in a state facility is a “prisoner” for purposes of NRS 200.481(2)(f), Nevada’s felony battery-by-a-prisoner statute.

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Respondent Javier C. was adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Nevada Youth Training Center (NYTC), “a state facility for the detention or commitment of [delinquent] children.” NRS 62A.330. While there, he allegedly battered a group supervisor. The State charged him as an adult with battery by a prisoner under NRS 200.481(2)(f), a category B felony.

On motion by Javier C., the…