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Tatum v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Sep 16, 2015
No. 67757 (Nev. App. Sep. 16, 2015)

Opinion

No. 67757

09-16-2015

SYLVESTER TATUM, 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An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority.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 an order of the district court denying a motion to correct an illegal sentence. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Kathleen E. Delaney, Judge.

This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument, NRAP 34(f)(3), and we conclude the record is sufficient for our review and briefing is unwarranted. See Luckett v. Warden, 91 Nev. 681, 682, 541 P.2d 910, 911 (1975). --------

In his motion filed on February 26, 2015, appellant Sylvester Tatum claimed the district court improperly ordered him to serve his sentence consecutively to the sentence in a separate conviction. Tatum also claimed his counsel was ineffective. Tatum's claims fell outside the narrow scope of claims permissible in a motion to correct an illegal sentence. See Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 708, 918 P.2d 321, 324 (1996). Therefore, without considering the merits of any of the claims raised in the motion, we conclude the district court did not err in denying the motion. Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Gibbons

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Silver
cc: Hon. Kathleen E. Delaney, District Judge

Sylvester Tatum

Attorney General/Carson City

Clark County District Attorney

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Tatum v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Sep 16, 2015
No. 67757 (Nev. App. Sep. 16, 2015)
Case details for

Tatum v. State

Case Details

Full title:SYLVESTER TATUM, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Sep 16, 2015

Citations

No. 67757 (Nev. App. Sep. 16, 2015)