Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.060 (2026)
When killing punished as murder
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NRS 200.060 When killing punished as murder. The
killing must be the result of that sudden, violent impulse of passion supposed
to be irresistible; for, if there should appear to have been an interval
between the assault or provocation given and the killing, sufficient for the
voice of reason and humanity to be heard, the killing shall be attributed to
deliberate revenge and punished as murder.
[1911 C&P § 124; RL § 6389; NCL § 10071]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1960–2025 · leading case: Rice v. State, 949 P.2d 262 (Nev. 1997).
Rice v. State, 949 P.2d 262 (Nev. 1997). “NRS 200.060. As I will demonstrate, proof relating to "substantial" injury in this case must be related to the scald injury and the scald injury alone.”
Newson, Jr. (vernon) Vs. State, 2020 NV 22 (Nev. 2020). “040(2); see also NRS 200.060. We have frequently addressed the circumstances in which a trial judge should give voluntary manslaughter instructions at the request of a defendant charged with murder.”
Roberts v. State, 717 P.2d 1115 (Nev. 1986). “050 and NRS 200.060, the pertinent language being set forth in the margin.”
Allen v. State, 647 P.2d 389 (Nev. 1982). “050 and NRS 200.060. 1 It consists of a killing which is the result of a sudden, violent and irresistible impulse of passion.”
Jackson v. State, 438 P.2d 795 (Nev. 1968). “” NRS 200.060. “The killing must be the result of that sudden, violent impulse of passion supposed to be irresistible, for, if there should appear to have been an interval between the assault or provocation given and the killing, sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity…”
Cranford v. State, 349 P.2d 1051 (Nev. 1960). “Even if appellant had acquired knowledge of any such affair, such acquisition would have taken place long before September 23, 1957, and remoteness in time would preclude reduction of the crime from murder to manslaughter.”
Muhammad-Coleman (Darion) v. State (Nev. 2018). “NRS 200.060. While settling jury instructions, appellant requested that the court instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser-included SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 5 (0) I 947A offense.”
Collins (lesean) Vs. State, 2017 NV 88 (Nev. 2017). “" NRS 200.060; see NRS 200.040 (manslaughter is a voluntary killing "upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a provocation apparently sufficient to make the passion irresistible").”
Rodriguez v. Henley (D. Nev. 2025). “2d 389, 390-91 (1982) and NRS § 200.060).) As such, Rodriguez cannot overcome 6 the procedural defaults of grounds 9, 10, 11a, 11c, 11d, 13, and 14 based on a 7 miscarriage of justice argument.”
White (Troy) v. State (Nev. 2017). “White's argument regarding prolonged provocation is not only unsupported, it conflicts with NRS 200.060's requirement that an interval sufficient to allow a cooler head to prevail between the alleged provocation and the killing requires a finding of murder rather than…”
Collins (lesean) Vs. State, 2017 NV 88 (Nev. 2017). “" NRS 200.060; see NRS 200.040 (manslaughter is a voluntary killing "upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a provocation apparently sufficient to make the passion irresistible").”
Newson (vernon) Vs. State, 2019 NV 50 (Nev. 2019). “040(2); see also NRS 200.060. We have frequently addressed the circumstances in which a trial judge should give voluntary manslaughter instructions at the request of a defendant charged with murder.”
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