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NRS 176.486: Authority to enter stay of execution.

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TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
CHAPTER 176 - JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
SUSPENSION OF EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
Petition for Postconviction Relief

A district court having proper jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, if it has proper jurisdiction, may stay the execution of a sentence of death when a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence has been filed only after appropriate notice has been given to the appropriate respondent in the case.

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