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2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person
NRS 200.390 - Administration of poison: Penalty.
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NV Rev Stat § 200.390 (2021)
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A person who willfully and maliciously administers or causes to be administered to or taken by a person, any poison, or other noxious or destructive substance or liquid, with the intention to cause the death of the person, and being thereof duly convicted, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison:
1. For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served; or
2. For a definite term of 15 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served.
[1911 C&P § 139; RL § 6404; NCL § 10086] — (NRS A 1967, 471; 1995, 1188)
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