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Clarke v. State

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Mar 7, 2018
No. 74776 (Nev. Mar. 7, 2018)

Opinion

No. 74776

03-07-2018

ANTHONY CLARKE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.


ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

This is a pro se appeal from an order of the district court denying appellant's pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Jerome M. Polaha, Judge.

Our review of this appeal reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, no appeal lies from an order denying a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See Gary v. Sheriff, 96 Nev. 78, 605 P.2d 212 (1980) (order denying a pretrial habeas relief is an intermediate order that may be challenged in a timely appeal from the judgment of conviction); see also NRS 34.575(2); Sheriff v. Gillock, 112 Nev. 213, 912 P.2d 274 (1996) (the State may appeal from a district court order granting in part and denying in part a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus). The right to appeal is statutory; where no statute or court rule provides for an appeal, no right to appeal exists. See Castillo v. State, 106 Nev. 349, 352, 792 P.2d 11.33, 1135 (1990). Accordingly, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal, and we

ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.

Given this order, we take no action on the pro se documents filed on January 18, and 23, 2018. --------

/s/_________, J.

Pickering /s/_________, J.
Gibbons /s/_________, J.
Hardesty cc: Hon. Jerome M. Polaha, District Judge

Anthony Clarke

Attorney General/Carson City

Washoe County District Attorney

Washoe District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Clarke v. State

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Mar 7, 2018
No. 74776 (Nev. Mar. 7, 2018)
Case details for

Clarke v. State

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY CLARKE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Court:SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Mar 7, 2018

Citations

No. 74776 (Nev. Mar. 7, 2018)