Opinion ID: 1186388
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: The jury's death sentence can still be maintained.

Text: Because one of the aggravating circumstances was not supported by substantial evidence and must be vacated, we will reweigh the remaining aggravating circumstances against the mitigating circumstancethat Leslie had no significant criminal history. Witter v. State, 112 Nev. 908, 929, 921 P.2d 886, 900 (1996). We did the same in Libby v. State, 109 Nev. 905, 859 P.2d 1050, (1993), overruled on other grounds by Libby v. Nevada, 516 U.S. 1037, 116 S.Ct. 691, 133 L.Ed.2d 650 (1996). Because the facts supporting the mitigating circumstance have unequal persuasive impact when compared with those supporting the aggravating circumstances, we affirm Leslie's death sentence. Libby, 109 Nev. at 918, 859 P.2d at 1058. The facts showed that Leslie committed the killing during the robbery, and that he shot Prewitt after he had taken the money from the cash register and was exiting the store. Based on the evidence, Leslie was escaping from the scene of the crime unfettered when he shot Prewitt apparently solely because Prewitt did not give him the money fast enough. We conclude that the aggravating circumstances far outweigh the mitigating circumstance. Therefore, we will uphold the jury's death sentence.