2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person
NRS 200.408 - Administration of controlled substance to aid commission of crime of violence: Penalty; definitions.

1. A person who causes to be administered to another person any controlled substance without that person s knowledge and with the intent thereby to enable or assist himself or herself or any other person to commit a crime of violence against that person or the property of that person, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 20 years.

2. As used in this section:

(a) Controlled substance includes flunitrazepam and gamma-hydroxybutyrate and each substance for which flunitrazepam or gamma-hydroxybutyrate is an immediate precursor as defined in NRS 453.086.

(b) Crime of violence means:

(1) Any offense involving the use or threatened use of force or violence against the person or property of another; or

(2) Any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.

(c) Without a person s knowledge means the person is unaware that a substance that can alter the person s ability to appraise conduct or to decline participation in or communicate an unwillingness to participate in conduct has been administered to the person.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 902)