DOGGETT v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON

No. 9305.

572 P.2d 207 (1977)

De Orval DOGGETT, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEVADA STATE PRISON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodlin Goff, State Public Defender, and J. Thomas Susich, Jr., Chief Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, William Macdonald, Dist. Atty., Winnemucca, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order denying post-conviction relief on the ground that appellant had failed to establish his mental incompetence to stand trial.

1. The Facts.

In 1958, appellant, De Orval Doggett, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. The trial court denied defense counsel's motion for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence...

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