Opinion
No. 71331
11-17-2016
ANTHONY GRECO, Petitioner, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
cc: Anthony Greco Attorney General/Carson City Nye County District Attorney Attorney General/Las Vegas Nye County Clerk
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a judgment of conviction. Without deciding upon the merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170. A challenge to the validity of the judgment of conviction must be raised in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance. NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1). Accordingly, we
The motion for appointment of counsel is denied.
We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS chapter 34.
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Parraguirre /s/_________, J.
Hardesty /s/_________, J.
Pickering cc: Anthony Greco
Attorney General/Carson City
Nye County District Attorney
Attorney General/Las Vegas
Nye County Clerk