Hickey v. State

*23OPINION

Appellant Richie Hickey, more commonly known by the alias of Richard Haberstroh, was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and robbery, each with the use of a deadly weapon, and sentenced to death. We affirmed Haber-stroh’s sentence on direct appeal. Haberstroh v. State, 105 Nev. 739, 782 P.2d 1343 (1989). Haberstroh then sought post-conviction relief, claiming that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel, and that his waiver of the right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution was not *24voluntary and intelligent. The…