CASTILLO v. STATE

No. 73465.

442 P.3d 558 (2019)

135 Nev. Adv. Opn. 16

William P. CASTILLO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED May 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene L. Valladares , Federal Public Defender, and Ellesse D. Henderson , Bradley D. Levenson , Tiffany L. Nocon , and David Anthony , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

Appellant William Castillo, who was sentenced to death in 1996, filed a procedurally barred postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus asserting that he was entitled to a new penalty hearing. He claimed he demonstrated good cause and prejudice to excuse the procedural bars based on

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