JONES v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. CT.

No. 63303.

330 P.3d 475 (2014)

Darryl L. JONES, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, In and for the County of Clark; and the Honorable Doug Smith, District Judge, Respondents, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl L. Jones, Indian Springs, in Proper Person.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Real Party in Interest.

Before HARDESTY, DOUGLAS and CHERRY, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, DOUGLAS, J.:

In considering this petition, we address whether the district court has the authority to restrict a criminal defendant's access to the courts in order to challenge a judgment of conviction and sentence or the computation of time served under a judgment of conviction and, if so, what approach courts should take when restricting that access.

Petitioner Darryl Jones filed a timely post-conviction petition for...

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