200.040 - “Manslaughter” defined. - Nevada Statutes

200.040  “Manslaughter” defined.

      1.  Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice express or implied, and without any mixture of deliberation.

      2.  Manslaughter must be voluntary, upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a provocation apparently sufficient to make the passion irresistible, or involuntary, in the commission of an unlawful act, or a lawful act without due caution or circumspection.

      3.  Manslaughter does not include vehicular manslaughter as described in NRS 484B.657.

      [1911 C&P § 122; RL § 6387; NCL § 10069]—(NRS A 1983, 1014; 1995, 1725; 2005, 79)