Opinion ID: 1448513
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: Count IVdischarging a firearm at or into a structure.

Text: Rossana was accused and convicted of firing two shots at Momot's residence in the early morning of January 20, 1994. We conclude that the evidence is circumstantial and hardly abundant, however, a rational jury could have been convinced of Rossana's guilt on this offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Wysocki testified that some time after the shooting he identified a car similar to the car depicted in the surveillance video of the shooting of Rossana's residence on January 20, 1994. [7] Analyses of the bullet found at Momot's house and the gun (a .38 caliber) retrieved from Rossana's residence were inconclusive. The .38 had six chambers, four were loaded, two empty, and the casings of two bullets were found at Rossana's house. The bullet retrieved from Momot's house may or may not have been fired from the .38 found in Rossana's possession on January 21, and the State's expert testified that there was no way to determine when the two bullets missing from the chamber might have been fired. [8] This court has held that [i]dentification of a suspect based solely upon the clothing that the suspect was wearing at the time of committing the crime may be a sufficient basis for conviction even where there are no other identifying characteristics. Walker v. State, 111 Nev. 497, 498-99, 893 P.2d 366, 367 (1995). We see no reason not to expand this principle concerning clothes to cars. Along with Rossana's motive to harm Momot and/or his property, the matching car and the gun with two missing bullets found at Rossana's house supported the jury's verdict on this count.