HOUSEWRIGHT v. POWELL

No. 15264.

710 P.2d 73 (1985)

Vernon HOUSEWRIGHT, Director, Nevada State Prison, Appellant, v. Keith Irving POWELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., and William A. Hehn, Ernest E. Adler, Deputy Attys. Gen., Carson City, for appellant.

Aebi, FitzSimmons & Lambrose, Carson City, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting respondent Powell's post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. Powell's petition challenged two guilty pleas as constitutionally infirm on the ground that Powell had not been informed at the time he entered his pleas that his sentences would necessarily be consecutive because each of the two offenses was committed while Powell...

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