Nevada § 194.010 - Persons capable of committing crimes

§ 194.010. Persons capable of committing crimes

All persons are liable to punishment except those belonging to the following classes: 1. Children under the age of 8 years. 2. Children between the ages of 8 years and 10 years, unless the child is charged

with murder or a sexual offense as defined in NRS 62F.100 . 3. Children between the ages of 8 years and 14 years, in the absence of clear proof

that at the time of committing the act charged against them they knew its wrongfulness. 4. Persons who committed the act charged or made the omission charged in a state of

insanity. 5. Persons who committed the act or made the omission charged under an ignorance or

mistake of fact, which disproves any criminal intent, where a specific intent is required

to constitute the offense. 6. Persons who committed the act charged without being conscious thereof. 7. Persons who committed the act or made the omission charged, through misfortune

or by accident, when it appears that there was no evil design, intention or culpable

negligence. 8. Persons, unless the crime is punishable with death, who committed the act or made

the omission charged under threats or menaces sufficient to show that they had reasonable

cause to believe, and did believe, their lives would be endangered if they refused,

or that they would suffer great bodily harm.