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State v. Hughes

Citations

  • 261 P.3d 1067
  • 127 Nev. 626
  • 127 Nev. Adv. Rep. 56
  • 2011 Nev. LEXIS 72

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  • concluding that, unless the Legislature states otherwise, the term \minor\ means a person who is not yet of full legal age, which under NRS 129.010 is 18 years
  • providing that a statute is vague if it fails to provide fair notice of what is prohibited to a person of ordinary intelligence
  • providing that a statute is vague if it fails to provide fair notice of what is prohibited to a person of ordinary intelligence
  • explaining that the heading that precedes a group of statutes and the lead or title line for a specific statute may be looked to for interpretive purposes only when they were \part of the legislative enactment\
  • rejecting the argument that a minor under the age of 18 but of legal age to consent cannot be the subject of child pornography

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Judges: Pickering, Saitta, Douglas, Gibbons, Hardesty, Parraguirre, Cherry

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