47.060 - Preliminary questions of admissibility: Determination. - Nevada Statutes

47.060  Preliminary questions of admissibility: Determination.

      1.  Preliminary questions concerning the qualification of a person to be a witness, the existence of a privilege or the admissibility of evidence shall be determined by the judge, subject to the provisions of NRS 47.070.

      2.  In making a determination the judge is not bound by the provisions of this title except the provisions of chapter 49 of NRS with respect to privileges.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 776)

      Criminal Law ! 736(1).

      Evidence ! 187, 261, 310.

      Witnesses ! 79(3), 223.

      WESTLAW Topic Nos. 110, 157, 410.

      C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 978, 1290, 1291.

      C.J.S. Evidence §§ 211 et seq., 289, 296, 789 et seq.