Warden, Nevada State Prison v. Sparks

OPINION

On January 4, 1972, a jury found Louis Elmo Sparks guilty of selling marijuana, a felony. Thereafter, on February 7, 1972, he was sentenced to a term of 10 years in the Nevada State Prison. We affirmed the judgment of conviction in Sparks v. State, 89 Nev. 84, 506 P.2d 1260 (1973).

Several months later Sparks petitioned for post-conviction relief, in the Eighth Judicial District Court, reiterating issues which were considered and rejected in the direct appeal. Relief was denied November 21, 1974, and we dismissed his appeal from that determination in an unpublished order filed July 31,…