Opinion ID: 2594969
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: Bridges claims that insufficient evidence supports his conviction for first degree kidnapping with the use of a deadly weapon and the jury's finding of the kidnapping aggravating circumstance. When this court reviews the evidence supporting a jury's verdict, the question is whether the jury, acting reasonably, could have been convinced of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt by the evidence it had a right to consider. See Wilkins v. State, 96 Nev. 367, 374, 609 P.2d 309, 313 (1980). Here, there is ample evidence to demonstrate that Bridges committed first degree kidnapping and the kidnapping aggravating circumstance. Laurie's testimony shows that Bridges used a ruse to lure Blatchford to a remote location for the purpose of killing him and that Bridges actually killed Blatchford in the course of that kidnapping. The physical evidence, including the items found in Bridges' car, supports this conclusion. A kidnapping does not require force or restraint and may be shown, for example, where the defendant willfully inveigles, entices, decoys, abducts, . . . or carries away a person by any means whatsoever. NRS 200.310.