Coddington v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Third Judicial District Court, Lyon County; John Schlegelmilch, Judge. Appellant Ryan Joe Coddington was sentenced to a prison term of life without the possibility of parole with an additional, consecutive prison term of 96-240 months for using a deadly weapon.1

Coddington appeals his conviction based on the following arguments: (1) there was insufficient evidence for a first-degree murder conviction; (2) he was denied the right to a fair trial because the…