199.242 - Limitations on defenses to prosecution for influencing testimony of witness. - Nevada Statutes

199.242  Limitations on defenses to prosecution for influencing testimony of witness.  It is not a defense to a prosecution under NRS 199.230 or 199.240 to show that:

      1.  An official proceeding was not pending or about to be instituted; or

      2.  The testimony sought or the record, document or other object to have been produced would have been legally privileged or inadmissible in evidence.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1682; A 1985, 247)

      NRS 199.250  Witness accepting bribe.  A person who is or may be a witness upon a trial, hearing, investigation or other proceeding before any court, tribunal or person authorized to hear evidence or take testimony, who asks or receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or any promise thereof, upon an agreement or understanding that his or her testimony will be influenced thereby, or that the person will be absent from the trial, hearing or other proceeding, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      [1911 C&P § 57; RL § 6322; NCL § 10006]—(NRS A 1967, 465; 1979, 1421; 1995, 1176)