Three Strikes and Habitual Offender Laws in Nevada

Nevada has three habitual-offender laws. Under the general habitual criminal law, a person convicted of any felony who has five prior felony convictions is punished for a category B felony (5 to 20 years), and one with seven prior felony convictions is punished for a category A felony (life without parole, life with parole eligibility after 10 years, or a definite 25-year term with parole eligibility after 10 years); certain simple drug possession convictions cannot be counted, the prosecutor decides whether to charge it, and the judge may dismiss the count. Under the 'habitual felon' law, a person convicted of a listed violent or serious felony (such as murder, sexual assault or robbery) after two prior listed felonies must be charged and gets the same category A sentence. A person convicted a third time of a fraud felony against an older or vulnerable person is a 'habitually fraudulent felon' facing 5 to 20 years.