Case Name: ANTONIO ALEX GARCIA, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1975-07-31
Citations: 91 Nev. 492
Docket Number: No. 8249
Parties: ANTONIO ALEX GARCIA, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 492–493

Head Matter:
ANTONIO ALEX GARCIA, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.
No. 8249
July 31, 1975
538 P.2d 160
Antonio Alex Garcia, in pro per, Carson City.
Robert List, Attorney General, and Patrick B. Walsh, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
Antonio Alex Garcia pleaded guilty to a felony charge of grand larceny and was sentenced to a term of five years in the Nevada State Prison.
This appeal is taken from an order summarily denying Garcia's pro se petition for post-conviction relief in which he asserted that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered.
It appears from the record that there is no need to appoint counsel or to require briefing as the district court's decision denying relief was premature; the record of the evidentiary hearing does not adequately show that Garcia's plea of guilty was indeed voluntary and knowing. See Heffley v. Warden, 89 Nev. 573, 516 P.2d 1403 (1973).
We reverse and remand with instructions to resolve Garcia's allegations in light of the transcript of the trial court's canvass when the guilty plea was entered, and in the light of such other evidence as either party may adduce upon evidentiary hearing.
The office of the State Public Defender is hereby appointed to represent Garcia in the further proceedings.