SALETTA v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Parraguirre, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether the district court, in conducting a jury poll after a jury has published its verdict, may continue to poll the jury after a juror has retreated from the published verdict and whether the district court may question a dissenting juror regarding his or her reasons for retreating from the verdict. We hold that NRS 175.531 allows the district court some discretion in its polling method, the district court’s polling method is reviewed for an abuse of discretion, and it will constitute reversible error if the totality of the…