Case Name: RICHARD COUSINEAU, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1971-05-21
Citations: 87 Nev. 254
Docket Number: No. 6450
Parties: RICHARD COUSINEAU, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 254–255

Head Matter:
RICHARD COUSINEAU, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.
No. 6450
May 21, 1971
484 P.2d 1098
Robert G. Legakes, Public Defender, and Morgan D. Harris, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.
Robert List, Attorney General, Roy A. Woofter, District Attorney, and Charles L. Garner, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
This appeal presents a single issue: Should the ruling of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), be applied retroactively? This question has, of course, been answered in the negative by this court. Mathis v. Warden, 86 Nev. 439, 471 P.2d 233 (1970); Stocks v. Warden, 86 Nev. 758, 476 P.2d 469 (1970). Appellant concedes as much and, indeed, in the lower court he admitted tó the judge that the case had no merit.
This case thus clearly presents a frivolous appeal and could easily have been disposed of under Sanchez v. State, 85 Nev. 95, 450 P.2d 793 (1969), and Watkins v. State, 85 Nev. 102, 450 P.2d 795 (1969). Because this course was not followed, as in Watkins, we merely affirm the trial court.
Affirmed.