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MORALES v. STATE

No. 44643.

143 P.3d 463 (2006)

Paul Anthony MORALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn, Public Defender, and Kedric A. Bassett and Mark S. Blaskey, Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Appellant.

George Chanos, Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger, District Attorney, and James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before MAUPIN, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

MAUPIN, J.

In this opinion, we consider the propriety of bifurcating criminal trials where the State, in the indictment or criminal information, joins a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by an ex-felon with other substantive criminal violations. We conclude that the district court may resort to bifurcation in such instances, rather than complete severance. In this, we expand our ruling in Brown v. State.1...

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