RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 56413.

273 P.3d 845 (2012)

Kevin RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan D. Burke , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Samuel G. Bateman , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before DOUGLAS, HARDESTY and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

In this opinion, we focus on two issues. First, we consider authentication and other evidentiary challenges to the admissibility of text messages. In particular, we conclude that text messages are subject to the same authentication requirements under NRS 52.015(1) as other documents, including proof of authorship. Here, we conclude that the district court abused its discretion in admitting 10 of the 12 text messages...

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