NRS 200.020
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NRS 200.020
Plain-English explanation
For Nevada homicide law, express malice concerns a deliberate unlawful intent to kill shown by provable circumstances. Implied malice can arise when there is no considerable provocation or the circumstances show what the statute calls an abandoned and malignant heart.
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Plain-language rule
This section distinguishes express malice, a deliberate unlawful intent to take life shown by provable circumstances, from implied malice described by the statutory conditions.
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