legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1979 legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1980 general election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1977, p. 1697; Statutes of Nevada 1979, p. 1941.] Sec.?8. Rights of accused in criminal prosecutions; jeopardy; rights of victims of crime; due process of law; eminent domain. 1.??No person shall be tried for a capital or other infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of the militia when in actual service and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace, and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the Legislature) except on presentment or indictment of the grand jury, or upon information duly filed by a district attorney, or Attorney General of the State, and in any trial, in any court whatever, the party accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in person, and with counsel, as in civil actions. No person shall be subject to be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense; nor shall he be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself. 2.??The Legislature shall provide by law for the rights of victims of crime, personally or through a representative, to be: (a)?Informed, upon written request, of the status or disposition of a criminal proceeding at any stage of the proceeding; (b)?Present at all public hearings involving the critical stages of a criminal proceeding;