SALETTA v. STATE

No. 52428.

254 P.3d 111 (2011)

David SALETTA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane R. Crow , State Public Defender, and Kerry Zachariasen Malone , Deputy State Public Defender, Carson City, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Mastro , Attorney General, Carson City; Daniel M. Hooge , District Attorney, Lincoln County, for Respondent.

Before SAITTA, HARDESTY and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.


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...

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