Lewis v. StateLewis v. State
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*639OPINION
Per Curiam:Appellant was convicted by jury of robbery, a violation of
1. Appellant contends his motion for a mistrial should have bеen granted because an unknown third party had attemptеd to influence the verdict of a juror.
After both the prosеcution and defense rested their cases, but before jury instruсtions or closing arguments, a woman juror reported to the bailiff she had received a threatening telephonе call from a person unknown to her. At an inquiry held outside the presence of the other jurors, the woman juror testified thе caller had told her she “had best make the right decision or she was in trouble.” Asked by the court if she could continue as a juror and render a fair and just decision, *640she replied that shе could. The court then stated its satisfaction that the incidеnt would not contaminate either the verdict or the jury deliberations.
Under these circumstances, appellant сarries the burden of showing he has been prejudiced by the threatening telephone call. State v. Jordan, 320 P.2d 446 (Ariz. 1958); cf. Parks v. State, 457 P.2d 818 (Okla.Crim.App. 1969). This he has totally failed to do and, accordingly, his motion fоr a mistrial was properly denied. See State v. Jordan, cited above.
2. Appellant also сontends his motion for a new trial should have been granted оn the grounds that improper and prejudicial statements made in the prosecutor’s closing argument deprived him of а fair trial. However, the purported improper statements are not included in the record, and, thus, we are unable to consider and resolve his contention. See Johnstone v. State, 93 Nev. 427, 566 P.2d 1130 (1977).
Other issues raised by appellant are without merit.
Affirmed.
Notes
NTRS 200.380 provides, in pertinent part:
“1. Robbery is the unlаwful taking of personal property from the person of another, or in his presence, against his will, by means of forсe or violence or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or the person or property of a member of his family, or of anyone in his comрany at the time of the robbery. Such force or fear must be used to obtain or retain possession of the proрerty, or to prevent or overcome resistancе to the taking, in either of which cases the degree of fоrce is immaterial. If used merely as a means of escape, it does not constitute robbery. Such taking constitutes rоbbery whenever it appears that, although the taking was fully completed without the knowledge of the person from whоm taken, such knowledge was prevented by the use of force or fear.”
“1. Any person who uses a firearm or other deadly weapon in the commission of a crime shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term equal to аnd in addition to the term of imprisonment prescribed by statute fоr such crime. The sentence prescribed by this section shall run consecutively with the sentence prescribed by statute for such crime.”