Opinion
No. 66209
01-21-2015
JULIA ANNE SOUPKUP-FRENCH, 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An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority.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 burglary. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Connie J. Steinheimer, Judge.
Appellant claims that her counsel was ineffective. Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims should be raised in post-conviction proceedings in the district court in the first instance and are generally not appropriate for review "on direct appeal unless the district court has held an evidentiary hearing on the matter or an evidentiary hearing would be needless." Archanian v. State, 122 Nev. 1019, 1036, 145 P.3d 1008, 1020-21 (2006). Appellant has not supported her claim with any argument and has not demonstrated that either of these exceptions applies. Accordingly, we decline to consider this contention on direct appeal, and we
ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Tao
/s/_________, J.
Silver
cc: Hon. Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge
Suzanne M. Lugaski
Attorney General/Carson City
Washoe County District Attorney
Washoe District Court Clerk