Anstedt v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

Appealing his conviction for the crime of assault with a deadly weapon as defined in NRS 200.471, appellant contends:(1) that the evidence was as a matter of law insufficient to establish an “assault”;(2) that remarks of the prosecutor during summation to the jury were improper and prejudicial; and(3) that the court erred in limiting cross-examination of a prosecution witness.

We affirm appellant’s conviction and sentence.

1. Under NRS 200.471, an “assault” is “an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of…