Nevada Second-Degree Murder

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Nevada Code section 200.030: Degrees of Murder

Murder in the First Degree

First-degree murder is any killing that is committed by poison, lying in wait, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing committed:

During the perpetration (or attempted perpetration) of sexual assault, kidnapping, arson, robbery, burglary, invasion of the home, sexual abuse of a child, sexual molestation of a child who is less than 14 years old, child abuse, or abuse of an older or vulnerable person
To avoid being arrested or to escape from legal custody
At a school, a school sponsored activity, or on a school bus by a person who intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person via a weapon, device, or action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person, or
In the perpetration (or attempted perpetration) of an act of terrorism

Murder in the Second Degree

Murder of the second degree is all other kinds of murder.

Penalties

Murder in the second-degree is a category A felony that can be punished by imprisonment:

For life with the possibility of parole (eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years have been served), or
For 25 years (with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served)

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Code Section	Nevada Code section 200.030: Degrees of Murder
Murder in the First Degree	First-degree murder is any killing that is committed by poison, lying in wait, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing committed: During the perpetration (or attempted perpetration) of sexual assault, kidnapping, arson, robbery, burglary, invasion of the home, sexual abuse of a child, sexual molestation of a child who is less than 14 years old, child abuse, or abuse of an older or vulnerable person To avoid being arrested or to escape from legal custody At a school, a school sponsored activity, or on a school bus by a person who intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person via a weapon, device, or action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person, or In the perpetration (or attempted perpetration) of an act of terrorism
Murder in the Second Degree	Murder of the second degree is all other kinds of murder.
Penalties	Murder in the second-degree is a category A felony that can be punished by imprisonment: For life with the possibility of parole (eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years have been served), or For 25 years (with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served)