{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-175.533","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 175.533","heading":"Finding of guilty but mentally ill upon plea of not guilty by reason of insanity; required findings; effect of finding.","body":"1. During a trial, upon a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the trier of fact may find the defendant guilty but mentally ill if the trier of fact finds all of the following:\n(a) The defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of an offense;\n(b) The defendant has established by a preponderance of the evidence that due to a disease or defect of the mind, the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the commission of the offense; and\n(c) The defendant has not established by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 174.035.\n2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill is subject to the same criminal, civil and administrative penalties and procedures as a defendant who is found guilty.\n3. If the trier of fact finds a defendant guilty but mentally ill pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall cause, within 5 business days after the finding, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of the finding to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.\n4. As used in this section:\n(a) “Disease or defect of the mind” does not include a disease or defect which is caused solely by voluntary intoxication.\n(b) “National Instant Criminal Background Check System” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.","path":["TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES","CHAPTER 175 - TRIAL","ACQUITTAL"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-175.html#NRS175Sec533","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:33Z","sha256":"facbd0de3ca7b74c5b8efbc5813f1c7764806a849588e3a69f72d191df1dd6f3","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-175.531","next":"us-nv/nrs-175.539"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}