Opinion ID: 2590362
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Heading: Jury instruction defining deadly weapon

Text: Berry's challenge to the deadly weapon jury instruction is twofold. First, Berry argues that the district court erred by instructing the jury on definitions of firearm derived from NRS 202.265(5)(b) and NRS 202.253(2). He claims that those definitions are not applicable to his case, alleging that NRS 202.265(5)(b) is limited to weapons possessed on school grounds and that NRS 202.253(2) is not referenced in NRS 193.165(6)(c) as an applicable statutory definition. Second, Berry argues that the law does not support the district court's instruction that a firearm under NRS 202.265(5)(b) and NRS 202.253(2) is a deadly weapon regardless of whether it was unloaded or inoperable. After considering the statutes at issue, we reject Berry's assignments of error.