Opinion ID: 1371864
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Heading: Penalty Hearing Jurisdiction.

Text: Appellant next contends that the trial court was without jurisdiction to conduct the penalty hearing because Chapter 598 of the 1977 statutory amendments, 1977 Nev.Stats. ch. 598, at 1626, repealed the provisions of Chapter 585 of the same amendments, 1977 Nev.Stats. ch. 585, at 1541 (amending NRS 200.030), which prescribed the circumstances under which the capital penalty may be imposed for first degree murder. Both enactments came during the 1977 session, with Chapter 598 passing three days after Chapter 585. There is nothing in the sexual assault legislation which indicates a repeal of the capital punishment law. Indeed, the legislative scheme shows that the two laws are completely separate. Additionally, both laws went into effect simultaneously on July 1, 1977 pursuant to statute. NRS 218.530. Repeals by implication are disfavored. Ronnow v. City of Las Vegas, 57 Nev. 332, 364, 65 P.2d 133, 145 (1937). We decline to find either an express or implied repeal of Chapter 585.