Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.450

Unlawful act; penalty

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NRS 201.450  Unlawful act; penalty.

      1.  A person who commits a sexual penetration on the dead body of a human being is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served, and shall be further punished by a fine of not more than $20,000.

      2.  For the purposes of this section, “sexual penetration” means cunnilingus, fellatio or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or any object manipulated or inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body of another, including, without limitation, sexual intercourse in what would be its ordinary meaning if practiced upon the living.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 344; A 1991, 1010; 1995, 1204; 1997, 2503, 3190; 2005, 2878)

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1996–2008 · leading case: Doyle v. State
Doyle v. State (1996) nev · cites it 8× “The necrophilia statute, NRS 201.450, was enacted in Nevada as a result of the body of a dead child being stolen from a mortuary and sexually assaulted by the perpetrator, who thereafter deposited the body in a garbage can.”
Lobato v. State (2004) nev · cites it 4× “We have considered these assignments of error and find them without merit. We note in passing that the failures to timely designate experts and alibi witnesses may be cured upon remand.”
Austin v. State (2007) nev · cites it 2× “230; (k) Sexual penetration of a dead human body pursuant to NRS 201.450; (l) Luring a child or mentally ill person pursuant to NRS 201.”
Douglas v. State (2008) nev “(k) Sexual penetration of a dead human body pursuant to NRS 201.450. (l) Luring a child or a person with mental illness pursuant to NRS 201.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.450(2) — 1 case
Lobato v. State (2004) nev “We have considered these assignments of error and find them without merit. We note in passing that the failures to timely designate experts and alibi witnesses may be cured upon remand.”
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