Canada v. State

OPINION

Lester Frank Canada (“Canada”) and Michael Smith (“Smith”) were accused of jointly participating in two armed robberies. They were tried together in separate jury trials for each robbery and convicted of multiple crimes incident to each robbery. Their appeals from these convictions were ordered consolidated for oral argument.

Canada and Smith challenge their convictions for the robbery of the Sit ’N Bull lounge in Las Vegas on two grounds. First, Canada and Smith contend that the shotguns that they used in the robbery should not have been introduced into evidence because they were the…