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Lawrence v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Apr 19, 2017
No. 70481 (Nev. App. Apr. 19, 2017)

Opinion

No. 70481

04-19-2017

DEVION LACHARLES LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Appellant Devion Lawrence appeals from a district court order denying the motion to modify sentence Lawrence filed on April 11, 2016. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Stefany Miley, Judge.

This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument. NRAP 34(f)(3). --------

Lawrence claims the district court erred by denying his motion to modify his sentence. He asserts his sentence should be modified because the district court failed to make the factual findings required by NRS 193.165 before imposing the deadly weapon enhancement. He asks this court to modify his sentence for the deadly weapon enhancement to a term of 1 to 6 years.

Lawrence's claim fell outside the narrow scope of claims permissible in a motion to modify sentence because it did not allege his sentence was based on mistaken assumptions about his criminal record that worked to his extreme detriment. See Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 708, 918 P.2d 321, 324 (1996). Therefore, without considering the merit of the claim raised in the motion, we conclude the district court did not err in denying the motion. Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Silver

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Gibbons cc: Hon. Stefany Miley, District Judge

Devion Lacharles Lawrence

Attorney General/Carson City

Clark County District Attorney

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Lawrence v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Apr 19, 2017
No. 70481 (Nev. App. Apr. 19, 2017)
Case details for

Lawrence v. State

Case Details

Full title:DEVION LACHARLES LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Apr 19, 2017

Citations

No. 70481 (Nev. App. Apr. 19, 2017)