Harris (Kusumi) v. State ( 2014 )


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  •                 in the face. The victim and a witness testified that Harris also stomped on
    the victim's face multiple times. Harris eventually dragged the victim into
    another room and only stopped the beating after one of the young children
    in the house intervened. Harris fled from the scene after taking a hat
    belonging to the victim without his consent, The victim was initially
    diagnosed as a quadriplegic after suffering multiple fractures of the
    lamina and cervical vertebrae.
    Circumstantial evidence alone may sustain a conviction.
    Buchanan v. State, 
    119 Nev. 201
    , 217, 
    69 P.3d 694
    , 705 (2003). It is for
    the jury to determine the weight and credibility to give conflicting
    testimony, McNair v. State, 
    108 Nev. 53
    , 56, 
    825 P.2d 571
    , 573 (1992), and
    a jury's verdict will not be disturbed on appeal where, as here, sufficient
    evidence supports the verdict, Bolden v. State, 
    97 Nev. 71
    , 73, 
    624 P.2d 20
    ,
    20 (1981); see also NRS 0.060; NRS 200.380(1); NRS 200.481(1)(a); Litteral
    v. State, 
    97 Nev. 503
    , 508, 
    634 P.2d 1226
    , 1228-29 (1981) (noting that
    robbery is a general intent crime), disapproved on other grounds by
    Talancon v. State, 
    102 Nev. 294
    , 301, 
    721 P.2d 764
    , 769 (1986). Therefore,
    we conclude that Harris' contention is without merit and we
    ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
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    cc:   Hon. Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez, District Judge
    Eric G. Jorgenson
    Attorney General/Carson City
    Clark County District Attorney
    Eighth District Court Clerk
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