UNLV Basketball Player Arraigned in Henderson for Domestic Violence
Yesterday a UNLV basketball player was arraigned on allegations he violated Nevada battery domestic violence law stemming from a June 29 arrest. The twenty-two year old is accused of choking his girlfriend at her Henderson apartment. A preliminary hearing was set for November.
Nevada battery domestic violence law makes it a crime to intentionally use physical force on your significant other, family member or roommate. Common defenses to BDV claims include accident, self-inflicted wounds or false accusations. Penalties for violating Nevada battery domestic violence law depend on whether the suspect has previous BDV convictions, whether the incident involved strangulation, and the severity of the victim's injuries.
Penalties for a first-time misdemeanor BDV case include two days to six months in jail, 48 to 120 hours of community service, $200 to $1,000 in fines (plus a fee), domestic violence counseling for up to a year. But a third time BDV conviction in seven years is automatically a felony, carrying one to five years in prison and maybe a fine of up to $10,000. BDV with strangulation is also punished as a felony even if no harm results and the suspect has no criminal history.
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