Opinion
No. 8070
June 27, 1975
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Paul S. Goldman, Judge.
Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Michael A. Cherry, Assistant Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.
Robert List, Attorney General, Carson City; George E. Holt, District Attorney, and Sherman H. Simmons, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.
OPINION
Convicted of battery with a deadly weapon (NRS 200.481), appellant contends the evidence against him was insufficient.
Maria Valez identified appellant as the man who attacked her in a Las Vegas hotel, striking her on the head and face. The defendant then strangled Mrs. Valez with a cord and slashed her with a knife.
A hotel security officer apprehended appellant shortly thereafter, in a room not registered to him, and recovered a knife from his person. As the officer forced his way into the room, with gun drawn, he heard appellant say, "I did it; I did it. Don't shoot; don't shoot." Later, after receiving Miranda warnings from a police officer called to the scene, appellant made other damaging statements.
We reject appellant's sole assignment of error, believing this uncontroverted evidence ample to warrant his conviction.
Affirmed.