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Riverol v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Dec 14, 2017
No. 72985 (Nev. App. Dec. 14, 2017)

Opinion

No. 72985

12-14-2017

JOEL CRUZ RIVEROL, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Joel Cruz Riverol appeals from a district court order denying the motion to modify a sentence he filed on January 18, 2016. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Michelle Leavitt, Judge.

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

In his motion, Riverol claimed there were errors in his presentence investigation report (PSI), the security video footage would show he did not steal the wheelchair and strike the victim with a cane, he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel, and the jury committed misconduct.

"[A] motion to modify a sentence is limited in scope to sentences based on mistaken assumptions about a defendant's criminal record which work to the defendant's extreme detriment." Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 708, 918 P.2d 321, 324 (1996). The district court may summarily deny a motion to modify sentence if the motion raises issues that fall outside of the very narrow scope of issues permissible in such motions. Id. at 708 n.2, 918 P.2d at 325 n.2.

We conclude the district court did not err by denying Riverol's motion because he failed to identify any errors in his PSI and his remaining claims fell outside the narrow scope of claims that may be raised in a motion to modify a sentence. Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

We have reviewed all documents Riverol has filed in this matter, and we conclude no relief based upon those submissions is warranted. To the extent Riverol has attempted to present claims or facts in those submissions which were not previously presented in the proceedings below, we decline to consider them in the first instance. --------

/s/_________, C.J.

Silver

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Gibbons cc: Hon. Michelle Leavitt, District Judge

Joel Cruz Riverol

Attorney General/Carson City

Clark County District Attorney

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Riverol v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Dec 14, 2017
No. 72985 (Nev. App. Dec. 14, 2017)
Case details for

Riverol v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOEL CRUZ RIVEROL, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Dec 14, 2017

Citations

No. 72985 (Nev. App. Dec. 14, 2017)