Jay Young | Retired Las Vegas, Nevada Judge | Mediator | Arbitrator | Special Master
Nevada Jury Instructions DISPUTABLE PRESUMPTION; JURY QUESTION AS TO BASIC FACTS AND PRESUMED FACT The law provides for a disputable presumption that (insert disputable presumption). If you find by a preponderance of the evidence that (insert basic facts), then the disputable presumption operations to shift to (insert name of party against whom presumption is directed)…
Nevada Jury Instructions DISPUTABLE PRESUMPTION; BASIC FACTS ESTABLISHED AS A MATTER OF LAW; JURY QUESTION AS TO PRESUMED FACT The law provides for a disputable presumption that (insert disputable presumption). In this action, it has been established that (insert basic facts). The effect of this disreputable presumption is that it places upon (insert name of party…
Nevada Jury Instructions CONCLUSIVE PRESUMPTION; JURY QUESTION AS TO EXISTENCE OF BASIC FACTS If you find by a preponderance of the evidence that (insert controverted basic facts), then you must also find that (insert presumed fact). If you do not find by a preponderance of the evidence that (insert controverted basic facts), then you must…
Nevada Jury Instructions NUMBER OF WITNESSES The preponderance, or weight of evidence, is not necessarily with the greater number of witnesses. The testimony of one witness worthy of belief is sufficient for the proof of any fact and would justify a verdict in accordance with such testimony, even if a number witnesses have testified to…
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Nevada Jury Instructions BURDEN OF PROOF; PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE Whenever in these instructions I state that the burden, or the burden of proof, rests upon a certain party to prove a certain allegation made by him, the meaning of such an instruction is this: That unless the truth of the allegation is proved by…
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Nevada Jury Instructions EXPERT TESTIMONY; EVALUATION BY JURY OF ANSWER TO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION A question has been asked in which an expert witness was told to assume that certain facts were true and to give an opinion based upon that assumption. This is called a hypothetical question. If any fact assumed in the question has not been…
Nevada Jury Instructions EXPERT TESTIMONY; EVALUATION BY JURY A person who has special knowledge, skill, experience, training or education in particular science, profession or occupation may give his or her opinion as an expert as to any matter in which he or she is skilled. In determining the weight to be given such opinion, you…
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Nevada Jury Instructions WITNESS INTERVIEWED BY ATTORNEY An attorney has a right to interview a witness for the purpose of learning what testimony the witness will give. The fact that the witness has talked to an attorney and told him what he would testify to does not, by itself, reflect adversely on the truth of…
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Nevada Jury Instructions WITNESS CONVICTED OF A FELONY The fact that a witness has been convicted of a felony may be considered by you only for the purpose of determining the credibility of that witness. The fact of such a conviction does not necessarily destroy or impair the witness’s credibility. It is one of the…
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Nevada Jury Instructions DISCREPANCIES IN A WITNESS’S TESTIMONY Discrepancies in a witness’s testimony or between his testimony and that of others, if there were any discrepancies, do not necessarily mean that the witness should be discredited. Failure of recollection is a common experience, and innocent misrecollection is not uncommon. It is a fact, also, that…
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