DAVIS v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON

No. 6745.

498 P.2d 1346 (1972)

Arnold DAVIS and Wilbur Davis, Appellants, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Lamboley, Reno, for appellants.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert E. Rose, Dist. Atty., and Kathleen M. Wall, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondent.

Joseph L. Ward, U.S. Atty., Raymond B. Little, Asst. U.S. Atty., Robert D. Stitser, Reno, and Daniel J. Taaffe, David H. Getches and Robert S. Pelcyger, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., amicus curiae.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice.

The state district court denied the appellants' application for post-conviction relief challenging state court jurisdiction to entertain and dispose of the criminal charges filed against them.

In 1966 they had pleaded guilty to attempted murder, were adjudged guilty and sentenced to serve terms of not less than three nor more then twenty years in the Nevada State Prison. They are currently serving their sentences. Since...

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