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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.010 (2026)

“Murder” defined

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NRS 200.010  “Murder” defined.  Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being:

      1.  With malice aforethought, either express or implied;

      2.  Caused by a controlled substance which was sold, given, traded or otherwise made available to a person in violation of chapter 453 of NRS; or

      3.  Caused by a violation of NRS 453.3325.

Ê The unlawful killing may be effected by any of the various means by which death may be occasioned.

      [1911 C&P § 119; RL § 6384; NCL § 10066]—(NRS A 1983, 512; 1985, 1598; 1989, 589; 2005, 1059)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 176 cases (28 in the last 5 years), 1964–2026 · leading case: Collman v. State, 7 P.3d 426 (Nev. 2000).
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Collman v. State, 7 P.3d 426 (Nev. 2000). · cites it 4× “" [7] NRS 200.010; see Wayne R. LaFave & Austin W.”
Jackson v. State, 291 P.3d 1274 (Nev. 2012). · cites it 2× “330; NRS 200.010. Battery requires unlawful “use of force or violence upon the person of another,” i.”
Byford v. State, 994 P.2d 700 (Nev. 2000). · cites it 2× “DISCUSSION NRS 200.010 defines murder in relevant part as the "unlawful killing of a human being, with malice aforethought, either express or implied .”
Finger v. State, 27 P.3d 66 (Nev. 2001). · cites it 2× “" NRS 200.010 (emphasis added). Malice is defined in NRS 200.”
Sheriff, Clark Cnty. v. Morris, 659 P.2d 852 (Nev. 1983). · cites it 4× “Thereafter, on September 6, 1979, an indictment was filed against defendant accusing *855 him of the crime of "MURDER (Felony NRS 200.010, 200.030, 200.070)." This most recent indictment charged that the defendant, on March 1, 1979, "did then and there feloniously and without…”
Naovarath v. State, 779 P.2d 944 (Nev. 1989). · cites it 2× “The judgment does not adjudicate Naovarath to be guilty of first degree murder and states only that the "Court did adjudge Defendant guilty" apparently referring to the "plea of guilty to the crime of murder between December 31, 1986 and January 7, 1987, committed in violation…”
Barton v. State, 30 P.3d 1103 (Nev. 2001). · cites it 2× “A person who does any act or neglects any duty imposed by law while driving or in actual physical control of any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property, if the act or neglect of duty proximately causes the death of or substantial bodily harm…”
Spillers v. State, 436 P.2d 18 (Nev. 1968). · cites it 4× “It may open the door to every prisoner in Nevada convicted by a jury of the unlawful killing of a human being under NRS 200.010 to 200.030 to complain that their sentences are unconstitutional.”
Deutscher v. State, 601 P.2d 407 (Nev. 1979). · cites it 2× “Appellant proffers several bases for reversal contending that (1) Nevada's capital punishment statutes are constitutionally infirm; (2) the trial court erred in instructing the jury that it could consider an aggravating circumstance absent respondent's failure to give statutory…”
United States v. Luciano Pascacio-Rodriguez, 749 F.3d 353 (5th Cir. 2014). · cites it 2× “Nev.Rev.Stat. § 200.010 (2003) (amended 2005).”
Mitchell v. State, 192 P.3d 721 (Nev. 2008). “After viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, we conclude that there is sufficient evidence in the record for a rational trier of fact to find that Mitchell violated the essential elements of NRS 200.010, 200.030, and 193.165. The State proved the…”
New York Times Co. v. United States Deparment of Just., 756 F.3d 100 (2d Cir. 2014). “§ 18-4001 (West 2009) ("Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being”); Nev. Rev.Stat. Ann. § 200.010 (West 2008) (including "unlawful killing of a human being” as an element of murder); R.”
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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.010(1) — 28 cases
Jackson v. State, 291 P.3d 1274 (Nev. 2012). “330; NRS 200.010. Battery requires unlawful “use of force or violence upon the person of another,” i.”
Guidry (ronneka) v. State, 2022 NV 39 (Nev. 2022).
Burnett (Carlton) Vs. State, 473 P.3d 1020 (Nev. 2020).
Washington (matthew) Vs. State, 2016 NV 65 (Nev. 2016).
Cameron (Wayne) v. State (Nev. 2022).
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