Legal Opinion

Przybyla (David) v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided June 11, 2014No. 64440Unpublished

1Opinion of the Court

abuse of discretion." Ouanbengboune v. State, 125 Nev. 763, 774,

220 P.3d 1122, 1129

(2009). The district court denied Przybyla's disfigurement instructions because it concluded that the instructions were a directed verdict on an element of the crime and that it was within the province of the jury to determine if there was substantial bodily harm. The district court denied the instruction regarding prolonged physical pain because the term needed no further definition. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by rejecting Przybyla's proposed instructions. See NRS 0.060;…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. McNair v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Bolden v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1981

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