Nevada Court Awards Jury Trial Rights To Accused Domestic Batterers Who Could Lose 2A

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USA –-(Ammoland.com)- A new Nevada Domestic Violence law 2019. The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that people accused of misdemeanor domestic violence have the right to a jury trial based on the fact that a 2017 law cancels the defendant’s right to keep and bear arms.

In trying to make victims safer, our legislature added a law that anyone convicted of a misdemeanor domestic battery loses their right to possess firearms. That right, however, is enshrined the Nevada Constitution as well as the United States Constitution.

The unanimous ruling came on an appeal by a defendant who was denied a jury trial in Las Vegas Municipal Court and subsequently convicted by the trial judge.

In the ruling written by Justice Lidia Stiglich, the seven-member court cited the state law enacted in 2017 that requires those convicted of domestic violence to give up their firearms. Failure to comply is a felony, resulting in up …Read the Rest

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