STATE v. FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 80093.

481 P.3d 848 (2021)

137 Nev. Adv. Opn. 4

The STATE of Nevada, Petitioner, v. The FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF ELKO; and the Honorable Nancy L. Porter, District Judge, Respondents, and Anthony Chris Robert Martinez, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED February 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Carson City; Tyler J. Ingram , District Attorney, and Daniel M. Roche , Deputy District Attorney, Elko County, for Petitioner.

Matthew Pennell , Public Defender, Elko County, for Real Party in Interest.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

NRS 202.360(l)(b) makes it illegal for a convicted felon to possess "any firearm." This raises the question whether a felon who possesses five firearms at one time and place commits a single violation of NRS 202.360(l)(b) or five separate violations. The rule of lenity resolves...

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