Opinion ID: 1448513
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The jury was improperly instructed on the crime of aggravated stalking.

Text: At the trial below, the court gave Jury Instruction No. 5, regarding the offense of aggravated stalking, which stated: Any person who wilfully, unlawfully, and intentionally engages in a course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel; and the victim actually is caused to feel: terrorized, frightened, intimidated or harassed, and placed in reasonable fear of death or substantial bodily harm, is guilty of Aggravated Stalking. Nevada's stalking statute, NRS 200.575, provides, in pertinent part, that: 1. A person who, without lawful authority, willfully or maliciously engages in a course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated or harassed, and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated or harassed, commits the crime of stalking.... . . . . 2. A person who: (a) Commits the crime of stalking and in conjunction therewith threatens the person with the intent to cause him to be placed in reasonable fear of death or substantial bodily harm ....