175.201 - Presumption of innocence: Conviction of lowest degree of offense. - Nevada Statutes

175.201  Presumption of innocence: Conviction of lowest degree of offense.  Every person charged with the commission of a crime shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved by competent evidence beyond a reasonable doubt; and when an offense has been proved against the person, and there exists a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees the person is guilty, the person shall be convicted only of the lowest.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1427)