2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 195 — Parties to Crimes

CHAPTER 195 - PARTIES TO CRIMES

NRS 195.010 Classificationof parties to crimes.

NRS 195.020 Principals.

NRS 195.030 Accessories.

NRS 195.040 Trialand punishment of accessories.

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NRS 195.010 Classificationof parties to crimes. Parties to crimes areclassified as:

1. Principals; and

2. Accessories.

[1911 C&P 8; RL 6273; NCL 9957]

NRS 195.020 Principals. Every person concerned in the commission of a felony,gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor, whether he directly commits the actconstituting the offense, or aids or abets in its commission, and whetherpresent or absent; and every person who, directly or indirectly, counsels,encourages, hires, commands, induces or otherwise procures another to commit afelony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor is a principal, and shall be proceededagainst and punished as such. The fact that the person aided, abetted,counseled, encouraged, hired, commanded, induced or procured, could not or didnot entertain a criminal intent shall not be a defense to any person aiding,abetting, counseling, encouraging, hiring, commanding, inducing or procuringhim.

[1911 C&P 9; RL 6274; NCL 9958]

NRS 195.030 Accessories. Every person not standing in the relation of husband orwife, brother or sister, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, to the offender,who:

1. After the commission of a felony harbors, concealsor aids such offender with intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial,conviction or punishment, having knowledge that such offender has committed afelony or is liable to arrest, is an accessory to the felony.

2. After the commission of a gross misdemeanorharbors, conceals or aids such offender with intent that he may avoid or escapefrom arrest, trial, conviction or punishment, having knowledge that suchoffender has committed a gross misdemeanor or is liable to arrest, is anaccessory to the gross misdemeanor.

[1911 C&P 10; RL 6275; NCL 9959](NRS A1959, 294)

NRS 195.040 Trialand punishment of accessories.

1. An accessory to a felony may be indicted, tried andconvicted either in the county where he became an accessory, or where theprincipal felony was committed, whether the principal offender has or has not beenconvicted, or is or is not amenable to justice, or has been pardoned orotherwise discharged after conviction. Except where a different punishment isspecially provided by law, the accessory is guilty of a category C felony andshall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. An accessory to a gross misdemeanor may beindicted, tried and convicted in the manner provided for an accessory to afelony and, except where a different punishment is specially provided by law,shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 daysnor more than 6 months, or by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500,or by both fine and imprisonment.

[1911 C&P 11; RL 6276; NCL 9960](NRS A1959, 294; 1995, 1169)

 

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