Court Opinion

ID: 2733664
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2014-09-17 15:09:51.112429+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:18:00.143471
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at the sentencing hearing. 2 Appellant failed to demonstrate good cause
                because his claim that trial counsel was ineffective was itself procedurally
                barred. Hathaway v. State, 119 Nev. 248, 252-53, 71 P.3d 503, 506 (2003).
                Therefore, we conclude the district court did not err in denying appellant's
                petition, and we
                             ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

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                      2 We note that appellant's reliance on Martinez is misplaced for two
                reasons. First, Martinez provides good cause based on ineffective
                assistance of post-conviction counsel for a federal court to consider claims
                that were procedurally defaulted in state court. This is appellant's first
                post-conviction petition; therefore, there is no claim of ineffective
                assistance of post-conviction counsel. Second, we have recently held that
                Martinez does not apply to Nevada's statutory post-conviction procedures.
                See Brown v. McDaniel,          Nev. , P.3d (Adv. Op. No. 60,
                August 7, 2014).

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                      cc:   Hon. Elissa F. Cadish, District Judge
                            Ralph Fuller
                            Attorney General/Carson City
                            Clark County District Attorney
                            Eighth District Court Clerk

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