ANSELMO v. STATE

No. 81382.

505 P.3d 846 (2022)

138 Nev. Adv. Opn. 11

Michael Phillip ANSELMO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED March 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Hart LLP and Sydney R. Gambee , J. Robert Smith , and Jessica E. Whelan , Las Vegas; Rocky Mountain Innocence Center and Jennifer Springer , Salt Lake City, Utah, for Appellant.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Carson City; Christopher J. Hicks , District Attorney, and Marilee Cate , Appellate Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, CADISH, PICKERING, and HERNDON, JJ.


OPINION

This appeal presents issues concerning Nevada's statutory scheme governing postconviction petitions for genetic marker analysis. A jury convicted appellant of first-degree murder in 1972. In 2018, he filed a postconviction petition for genetic marker analysis, seeking to examine the DNA found on...

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