Case Name: RALPH EDWARD SIGLER, Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1981-04-10
Citations: 97 Nev. 221
Docket Number: No. 13010
Parties: RALPH EDWARD SIGLER, Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 221–222

Head Matter:
RALPH EDWARD SIGLER, Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS, Respondent.
No. 13010
April 10, 1981
626 P.2d 275
Norman Y. Herring, State Public Defender, and Thomas J. Ray, Special Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for Appellant.
Richard H. Bryan, Attorney General, and Robert C. Manley, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
Sigler was convicted of grand larceny pursuant to a guilty plea. He sought a writ of habeas corpus in the district court, contending that his plea was not voluntary. The district court denied relief on the authority of Wynn v. State, 96 Nev. 673, 615 P.2d 946 (1980). Sigler appeals.
The transcript of the canvass on the taking of the guilty plea does not demonstrate that the elements of the offense he pleaded guilty to were known to Sigler, or that he made factual admissions to the court which constitute the elements of the crime charged. Hanley v. State, 97 Nev. 130, 624 P.2d 1387 (1981). Accordingly, we are constrained to reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case with directions to issue a writ of habeas corpus, without prejudice to the state's right to prosecute appellant again. See Austin v. State, 87 Nev. 578, 491 P.2d 724 (1971); Walker v. Fogliani, 83 Nev. 154, 425 P.2d 794 (1967).