Opinion
No. 68578
09-10-2015
DAMION BANKS, Petitioner, v. THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE, Respondent, and ISIDRO BACA, WARDEN, Real Party in Interest.
cc: Damion Banks Attorney General/Carson City Washoe County District Attorney Washoe District Court Clerk
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This is a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner challenges the validity of his judgment of conviction and sentence. Without deciding upon the merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. A challenge to the validity of the judgment of conviction must be raised in a post-conviction 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
We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS chapter 34. --------
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, J.
Parraguirre
/s/_________, J.
Douglas
/s/_________, J.
Cherry
cc: Damion Banks
Attorney General/Carson City
Washoe County District Attorney
Washoe District Court Clerk