Opinion ID: 2587611
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Heading: The denial of appellant's motion to sever the charges against him

Text: Weber contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to sever the charges against him. We conclude that the charges were properly joined. The decision to join or sever charges is within the discretion of the district court, and an appellant carries the heavy burden of showing that the court abused that discretion. [1] Error resulting from misjoinder of charges is harmless unless the improperly joined charges had a substantial and injurious effect on the jury's verdict. [2] Even with charges that otherwise could be joined under NRS 173.115, a district court should order severance where joinder would cause unfair prejudice to the defendant. [3] Therefore, we must determine whether there was a proper basis to join the charges here and, if so, whether unfair prejudice still mandated severance.