Warden, Nevada State Prison v. Owens

OPINION

Respondent was convicted by jury of second degree murder and sentenced by the Eighth Judicial District Court to a term of ten years imprisonment in the Nevada State Prison. Thereafter, respondent perfected no appeal from this conviction and sentence, but petitioned the First Judicial District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. Although he did not challenge any infirmities, constitutional or otherwise, in the trial or sentence, respondent contended he was being illegally detained because his retained attorney had failed to advise him of his right to appeal. In an apparent attempt to…