Armstrong v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

By reason of guilty pleas the appellant stands convicted of grand larceny and robbery and presently is serving concurrent sentences therefor at the Nevada State Prison. He asks that we annul those judgments and sentences on the ground that appropriate inquiry regarding his waiver of constitutional trial rights was not made when his guilty pleas were accepted.

Prior to our recent opinion, Heffley v. Warden, 89 Nev. 573, 516 P.2d 1403 (1973), we had construed Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), to require the trial court specifically to ascertain whether…