Brown v. State

OPINION

On May 3, 1996, Dr. Paul Debello was shot at his Las Vegas clinic. Based on Dr. Debello’s photo-identification of appellant Robert Eric Brown as his assailant, along with eyewitness identification of the assailant’s vehicle that belonged to Brown’s friend and was reported stolen on the day of the shooting, Brown was arrested for committing the crime. At the conclusion of his trial, the jury returned verdicts of guilty on all counts.

On appeal, Brown argues that the district court abused its discretion in denying his motion to sever two counts of possession of a firearm by an ex-felon,…