Malice: Express and implied defined
Applied in 36 court decisions — leading case Leonard v. State (2001)
Most recently applied in GUIDRY (RONNEKA) v. STATE (June 2022)
[1911 C&P § 120; A 1915, 67; 1919 RL § 6385; NCL § 10067]
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.
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.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.