In this section, our attorneys explain Nevada’s criminal laws and legal concepts, A to Z
Criminal Law A to Z
In this section, our attorneys explain Nevada’s criminal laws and legal concepts, A to Z
Crimes by NRS Section
Every crime in Nevada is based in a section of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS). For each crime, our attorneys explain the laws, penalties and best defenses to fight the charge.
Nevada DUI
Getting arrested for DUI does not mean you will be convicted. Police misconduct, defective breathalyzers and crime lab mistakes may be enough to get your charges lessened or dismissed. Visit our page on Nevada DUI Laws to learn more.
Post-Conviction
Even if you’ve already been convicted of a crime, there is still much you can do to seal your record and restore your rights. Our attorneys explain how.
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Transmitting HIV is a misdemeanor in Nevada if the following three conditions are true:
Misdemeanors carry up to six months in county jail and/or up to $1,000 in fines. Though before the court hands down fines or incarceration, it must consider all alternative means to advance the public health.1
There are four main defenses to the Nevada crime of deliberately transmitting HIV. They include:
Nevada courts will not automatically deem you to have intentionally transmitted HIV solely because you failed to use a condom. Though the state can use your failure to use a condom as evidence of your state of mind, especially if there is other circumstantial evidence suggesting you intentionally transmitted HIV.3
It is not a violation of NRS 441A.180 if you become pregnant and expose your unborn child to HIV or transmit HIV to your unborn child.4
It is not a violation of NRS 441A.180 if you donate blood (or sperm, tissue, or an organ) and thereby expose another person to HIV or transmit HIV to another person.5
Even if you do not end up transmitting HIV to anyone else, you can still be charged with a Nevada misdemeanor if the following two elements are true:
Misdemeanors carry up to six months in jail and/or up to $1,000 in fines.6
A former Los Angeles prosecutor, attorney Neil Shouse graduated with honors from UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School (and completed additional graduate studies at MIT). He has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, Dr Phil, The Today Show and Court TV. Mr Shouse has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Criminal and Top 100 Civil Attorneys.