Opinion
No. 57287.
12-27-2011
Brian Edward COX, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.
Christopher R. Arabia Nye County District Attorney Attorney General/Carson City
Christopher R. Arabia
Nye County District Attorney
Attorney General/Carson City
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered pursuant to a jury verdict of possession of a firearm by an ex-felon. Fifth Judicial District Court, Nye County; Department 1.
Appellant Brian Edward Cox contends that the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion in limine to prohibit any reference to the severed charges, overruling his corpus delicti objections, and denying his motion to dismiss the case because the State failed to establish the corpus delicti independently of his extrajudicial admissions. Having carefully considered the record on appeal and the parties' arguments, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion. See NRS 48.035(3) ; Bellon v. State, 121 Nev. 436, 444, 117 P.3d 176, 181 (2005) (discussing admissibility of evidence under the “complete story of the crime” doctrine); Doyle v. State, 112 Nev. 879, 892, 921 P.2d 901, 910 (1996) (describing the independent proof necessary to satisfy the corpus delicti rule), overruled on other grounds by Kaczmarek v. State, 120 Nev. 314, 333, 91 P.3d 16, 29 (2004) ; Hill v. State, 124 Nev. 546, 550, 188 P.3d 51, 54 (2008). Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.