Qualls v. State

OPINION

Steven Qualls appeals from a judgment of conviction of principal to attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon. We conclude that the district court’s admission of other bad act evidence without conducting a Petrocelli 1 hearing and without instructing the jury on the limited use of the evidence amounted to harmless error. Therefore, we affirm the conviction.

FACTS

On December 18, 1996, shots were fired into an occupied residence in Elko, Nevada. At trial, the State’s theory of the case was that Qualls and his co-defendant attempted to kill a young female because of her association…