Opinion
No. 63501
07-22-2014
GABRIEL STEVEN DEVALLE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, of robbery. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Stefany Miley, Judge.
Appellant contends that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel and his plea was the result of ignorance, fear, inadvertence, and coercion. Appellant did not raise these claims in the district court and these claims are not properly raised on direct appeal in the first instance. See Franklin v. State, 110 Nev. 750, 751-52, 877 P.2d 1058, 1059 (1994) ("[C]hallenges to the validity of a guilty plea and claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel must be first pursued in postconviction proceedings in the district court."), overruled on other grounds by Thomas v. State, 115 Nev. 148, 979 P.2d 222 (1999). Therefore, we decline to address these claims. Because appellant raises no other claims for consideration on appeal, we
ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
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Pickering
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Parraguirre
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Saitta
cc: Hon. Stefany Miley, District Judge
Nguyen & Lay
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk