Opinion
No. 78921-COA
07-16-2019
VORNELIUS JAMAL PHILLIPS, Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK, Respondent, and THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
In this original petition for a writ of certiorari, Vornelius Jamal Phillips challenges his judgment of conviction, asserting he was denied due process, his guilty plea is invalid, and his counsel was ineffective. We decline to exercise our discretion to entertain the petition. See Zamarripa v. First Judicial Dist. Court, 103 Nev. 638, 640, 747 P.2d 1386, 1387 (1987) (recognizing that the issuance of a writ of certiorari is discretionary). Because Phillips could have raised these claims on direct appeal or in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court, he had a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law that precludes certiorari relief. See NRS 34.020(2). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Gibbons /s/_________, J.
Tao /s/_________, J.
Bulla cc: Vornelius Jamal Phillips
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk