Middleton v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

This is an appeal from a district court order denying a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons *665stated below, we remove attorney Robert Bruce Lindsay as appellant David Middleton’s post-conviction counsel, vacate the district court order denying Middleton’s habeas corpus petition, and remand this appeal with instructions to appoint new counsel to represent Middleton and reinitiate post-conviction proceedings in the district court.

FACTS

Appellant David Middleton was convicted, pursuant to a jury verdict, of two counts of first-degree murder, in addition to…