Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE15 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS |
CHAPTER200. Crimes Against the Person |
HOMICIDE |
NRS200.020. Malice: Express and implied defined.
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1. Express malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a fellow creature, which is manifested by external circumstances capable of proof.
2. Malice shall be implied when no considerable provocation appears, or when all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.
[1911 C&P § 120; A 1915, 67; 1919 RL § 6385; NCL § 10067]