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Brooks v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Jun 25, 2019
No. 76808-COA (Nev. App. Jun. 25, 2019)

Opinion

No. 76808-COA

06-25-2019

KEVIN BROOKS, A/K/A RALPH KEVIN CLARK, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Kevin Brooks appeals from an order of the district court denying a motion to modify sentence filed on June 26, 2018. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; William D. Kephart, Judge.

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

In his motion, Brooks claimed the district court relied on mistaken assumptions regarding his criminal record when it sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole pursuant to the large habitual criminal statute. Specifically, he claimed the State's sentencing memorandum in support of habitual criminal adjudication incorrectly stated he had been convicted of failure to return in California case number A519432. Brooks provided documentation that the conviction in case number A519432 belonged to a different defendant.

While the sentencing memorandum referenced A519432, this was a typographical error. Brooks was convicted in A529432 of failure to return, and the district court was provided with a certified copy of that conviction. Therefore, Brooks' claim lacked merit and he failed to demonstrate that when imposing sentence the district court relied on mistaken assumptions regarding his criminal record that worked to his extreme detriment. See Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 708, 918 P.2d 321, 324 (1996). Accordingly, we conclude the district court did not err by denying Brooks' motion, and we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Gibbons

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Bulla cc: Hon. William D. Kephart, District Judge

Kevin Brooks

Attorney General/Carson City

Clark County District Attorney

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Brooks v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Jun 25, 2019
No. 76808-COA (Nev. App. Jun. 25, 2019)
Case details for

Brooks v. State

Case Details

Full title:KEVIN BROOKS, A/K/A RALPH KEVIN CLARK, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Jun 25, 2019

Citations

No. 76808-COA (Nev. App. Jun. 25, 2019)