Nevada Code § 47.200

Determination on evidence of presumed fact: Where basic facts established
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When reasonable minds
would necessarily agree that the evidence renders the existence of the basic
facts more probable than not, but direct evidence is introduced contrary to the
existence of the presumed fact, the question of the existence of the presumed
fact is determined as follows:
1. If reasonable minds would necessarily
agree that the direct evidence renders the nonexistence of the presumed fact
more probable than not, the judge shall direct the jury to find against the
existence of the presumed fact.
2. If reasonable minds would necessarily
agree that the direct evidence does not render the nonexistence of the presumed
fact more probable than not, the judge shall direct the jury to find in favor
of the presumed fact.
3. If reasonable minds would not
necessarily agree as to whether the direct evidence renders the nonexistence of
the presumed fact more probable than not, the judge shall submit the matter to
the jury with an instruction to find in favor of the existence of the presumed
fact unless they find from the direct evidence that its nonexistence is more
probable than its existence, in which event they should find against its
existence.

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