A person is of sound mind who is not affected with insanity and who has arrived at the age of 14 years, or before that age if the person knew the distinction between good and evil. [1911 C&P § 4; RL § 6269; NCL § 9953]—(NRS A 1995, 2466; 2001 Special Session, 136; 2003, 1480)
No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his or her condition, but whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive or intent is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the fact of the person’s […]
1. For the purpose of determining the existence of an alleged state of passion in a defendant or the alleged provocation of a defendant by a victim, the alleged state of passion or provocation shall be deemed not to be objectively reasonable if it resulted from the discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of […]
Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may be made: 1. By the party about to be injured. 2. By other parties. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)
Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the party about to be injured: 1. To prevent an offense against his or her person, family or some member of his or her family. 2. To prevent an illegal attempt, by force, to take or injure property in his or her lawful possession. (Added […]
Any other person, in aid or defense of a person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the offense. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)
Whenever the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons, who by their command act in their aid, are justified in so doing. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)
An act or omission punishable as a crime in this state is not less so because it is also punishable under the laws of another state, government or country, unless the contrary is expressly declared in the law relating thereto. [1911 C&P § 39; RL § 6304; NCL § 9988]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 208.010)
Whenever, upon the trial of any person for a crime, it appears that the offense was committed in another state or country, under such circumstances that the courts of this state had jurisdiction thereof, and that the defendant has already been acquitted upon the merits, upon a criminal prosecution under the laws of such state […]
Whenever, upon the trial of any person for a crime, it shall appear that the defendant has already been acquitted or convicted upon the merits, of the same crime, in a court having jurisdiction of such offense in another county of this state, such former acquittal or conviction is a sufficient defense. [1911 C&P § […]
A criminal act which at the same time constitutes contempt of court, and has been punished as such, may also be punished as a crime, but in such case the punishment for contempt may be considered in mitigation. [1911 C&P § 40; RL § 6305; NCL § 9989]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 208.040)
No person shall be punished for an omission to perform an act when such act has been performed by another acting in the person’s behalf and competent to perform it. [1911 C&P § 16; RL § 6281; NCL § 9965]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 193.320)
