Child can be Prosecuted for Molesting Another child
InCote H. v. Dist. Ct., the Nevada Supreme Court held that NRS 201.230(1), which defines the offense of lewdness with a minor under the age of 14, can be used to adjudicate as delinquent a minor who is also under the age of 14. The court rejected the claim that the statute cannot be so used because minors under the age of 14 are members of the class protected by the statute. Here, where Cote is apparently a minor between the ages of 8 and 14, he can be adjudicated delinquent for fondling a 4-year-old child, provided that there is clear proof that he knew the wrongfulness of the act when he committed it, as required by NRS 194.010.
