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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 15. Crimes and Punishments § 200.200. Killing in self-defense

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

If a person kills another in self-defense, it must appear that:

1. The danger was so urgent and pressing that, in order to save the person’s own life, or to prevent the person from receiving great bodily harm, the killing of the other was absolutely necessary; and

2. The person killed was the assailant, or that the slayer had really, and in good faith, endeavored to decline any further struggle before the mortal blow was given.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 15. Crimes and Punishments § 200.200. Killing in self-defense - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-15-crimes-and-punishments/nv-rev-st-200-200/

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