Opinion
No. 66971
02-27-2015
SHAWN MICHAEL PRATHER, 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An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority.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 DISMISSING APPEAL
This is an appeal from a district court order denying a motion to amend the judgment of conviction. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Douglas Smith, Judge.
Our initial review of this appeal revealed a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, no statute or court rule provides for an appeal from an order denying a motion to amend the judgment of conviction. See Castillo v. State, 106 Nev. 349, 352, 792 P.2d 1133, 1135 (1990) (explaining that the right to appeal is statutory; where no statute or court rule provides for an appeal, no right to appeal exists). Accordingly, on January 27, 2015, we ordered appellant's counsel to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. To date, appellant's counsel has not responded to the show-cause order. Nevertheless, having reviewed the documents submitted with the notice of appeal, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal, and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.
/s/_________, J.
Parraguirre
/s/_________, J.
Douglas
/s/_________, J.
Cherry
cc: Hon. Douglas Smith, District Judge
Tannery Law Office
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk
Shawn Michael Prather