PETERSON v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON

No. 6046.

483 P.2d 204 (1971)

Alvin F. PETERSON, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Christensen, Yerington, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Leonard P. Root, Dist. Atty., Hawthorne, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant in this case was convicted of second degree murder in 1961 and sentenced to ten years to life imprisonment. No post-conviction proceedings were taken from that judgment of conviction until May 6, 1969 when this proceeding was begun under NRS 177.315. Peterson asserts that his confinement is unconstitutional because he was ineffectively represented by counsel and because the trial court improperly allowed the admission into evidence...

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