“Murder” defined
Applied in 117 court decisions — leading case Koza v. State (1984)
Most recently applied in 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 61 - TALLEY (OMAR) v. STATE (December 2025)
[1911 C&P § 119; RL § 6384; NCL § 10066]—(NRS A 1983, 512; 1985, 1598; 1989, 589; 2005, 1059)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being:
1. With malice aforethought, either express or implied;
2. Caused by a controlled substance which was sold, given, traded or otherwise made available to a person in violation of chapter 453 of NRS; or
3. Caused by a violation of NRS 453.3325.
Ê The unlawful killing may be effected by any of the various means by which death may be occasioned.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.