Rowland v. State

OPINION

Appellant Robert Ryan Rowland and co-conspirators, who were part of a prison gang known as GFBD (“God Forgives, Brothers Don’t”), murdered and robbed Nevada State Prison inmate Steven Bruce Silva on January 19, 1998. Rowland was tried with one of the co-conspirators, Tony Martin Smith. They were convicted and sentenced to life without parole. Rowland contends that a number of errors occurred in the district court. We conclude that none of Rowland’s assignments of error warrant relief, and we affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence of life without parole.

FACTS

I. Guilt phase

A jury…