STATE v. GOMES

No. 27163.

930 P.2d 701 (1996)

The STATE of Nevada, Appellant, v. Donald Fred GOMES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell, District Attorney and James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Appellant.

Steven J. Karen, Las Vegas, for Respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The district court granted post-conviction habeas relief to respondent Donald Fred Gomes and set aside his guilty plea and judgment of conviction. The court found that Gomes had intended to enter a plea of nolo contendere but that a plea pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), was entered instead. The court concluded that the plea was therefore...

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