Vanisi v. State

*334OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, J.:

The State charged appellant Siaosi Vanisi with the first-degree murder of George Sullivan, a police sergeant at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and four other felonies. Vanisi’s first trial ended in a mistrial. At the second trial, the jury found Vanisi guilty of all five offenses and imposed a death sentence for the murder.

The primary issue on appeal is Vanisi’s claim that the district court erred in denying his motion for self-representation. We reject this claim as well as Vanisi’s other contentions and affirm the judgment of conviction and the…