ROGERS v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON

No. 5578.

445 P.2d 28 (1968)

William H. ROGERS, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Sheerin, Carson City, for appellant.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Peter I. Breen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for respondent.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing a postconviction application for relief. The petitioner, William Rogers, was convicted of robbery and is presently serving his sentence at the Nevada State Prison. His postconviction application does not challenge the validity of his conviction. Instead it asserts that he was brutally beaten by the Warden of the Nevada State Prison in violation of federal and...

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