Wright v. State

OPINION

Between September 1988 and January 1989, a series of sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults took place within the vicinity of the Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas. Victor Xavier Wright was arrested and eventually convicted on twenty-three separate counts arising from these assaults. Wright was sentenced to twenty-four concurrent life sentences as well as lesser concurrent sentences. This appeal ensued.

First, Wright challenges his convictions upon Counts III (first degree kidnapping), V, VIII and XIV (first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon), and XXIII (attempted first…