Opinion ID: 3049369
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Accuracy of the presentence report

Text: [8] The state notes that Tanner did not object to the accuracy of the presentence report, and argues that a rational defendant would not want to appeal an unpreserved issue. The State is incorrect because Nevada courts review unpreserved issues for plain error. See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.602 (“Plain errors or defects affecting substantial rights may be noticed although they were not brought to the attention of the court.”). Therefore, a rational defendant would want to appeal, even under a plain error standard, if he had a nonfrivolous ground for disputing the accuracy of the presentence report. Tanner, however, has failed to specify any particular inaccuracies in the report, and so it is impossible to conclude that this would have been a viable and non-frivolous ground for appeal.