Las Vegas Criminal Defense Blog

Earlier this month a thirty-one-year old man was arrested in Reno by the Nevada Highway Patrol for violating Nevada hit and run law. He allegedly sped through an intersection and hit an SUV as well as a pedestrian. The pedestrian sustained serious bodily injuries. The driver was later found reportedly drunk and with an infant that was in the car at the time of the collisions.

Nevada hit and run law makes it a misdemeanor to flee a car accident that resulted only in property damage. If the vehicle hit is unattended at the time, the driver has a duty to stop and try to find the owner or else leave a written note with their name and address as well as to inform the police. Possible penalties include up to $1,000 in fines and/or up to six months in jail as well as six demerit points on your license and possible restitution to fix the damaged car.

Nevada hit and run law makes it a category B felony to flee a car accident that resulted in bodily injury or a fatality. The driver has the duty to stop, exchange information and render aid. Penalties include two to fifteen years in prison, a fine of $2,000 to $5,000, and possible license suspension.

For more on this story, go to: http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Driver_Arrested_for_DUI_in_Sun_Valley_Hit_and_Run_108270324.html

Last week the Nevada Pardons Board denied parole to an inmate who pleaded guilty to DUI causing death back in 2001. He allegedly killed a bicyclist while driving intoxicated, and he was sentenced to five to fifteen years for the DUI and for another four to ten years for violating Nevada hit and run law. The inmate is in need of a kidney transplant or dialysis.

Nevada hit and run law makes it a crime to leave the scene of an accident without stopping to render aid and exchange the following information: names, addresses, vehicle registration numbers, and driver's license numbers (upon request). Neglecting this duty after an accident that resulted only in property damage is a misdemeanor, with penalties of up to six months in jail and/or up to $1,000 in fines as well as six license demerit points. But if the accident involves injury or death, Nevada hit and run law makes fleeing the scene a category B felony, carrying two to fifteen years in prison, a $2,000 - $5,000 fine, and possible license suspension or revocation.

Hitting an unattended vehicle or other property imposes a duty on the driver to try to find the owner. If they can't, they then have to leave a conspicuous note with their name and address. Drivers involved in a car accident involving injury or property damage of $750 or more are obligated to file an accident report as well (unless a policeman at the scene filed one). Failing to file a report results in a year's license suspension, and filing a false report is a gross misdemeanor, carrying up to a year in jail and/or up to $2,000 in fines.

For more on this story, go to: http://www.lvrj.com/news/drunken-driver-denied-parole-in-2001-death-92394769.html.