Kreidel v. State

OPINION

This appeal is from an order rejecting a challenge to the retroactive application of our ruling in Director, Prisons v. Biffath, 97 Nev. 18, 621 P.2d 1113 (1981). For the reasons hereafter set forth, we affirm.

In March of 1979 appellant was found guilty of robbery with use of a deadly weapon. The district court sentenced him to five years for the robbery; pursuant to the provisions of NRS 193.165, the court enhanced that sentence by a consecutive five years for the use of a deadly-weapon. 1 The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners (parole, .board) thereafter treated appellant’s…