Legal Opinion
Warden, Nevada State Prison v. Conner
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1977No. 9079PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Respondent, Ronald Dawayne Conner, initiated habeas corpus proceedings by alleging, inter alia, that the Second Judicial District Court had in 1968 failed to suspend further proceedings and provide a competency hearing pursuant to NRS 178.405 et seq. after having ordered a psychiatric examination. The omission, it is claimed, deprived the trial court of jurisdiction to accept his plea of guilty.
The writ was granted, the guilty plea vacated and respondent was released and remanded to Washoe County for a hearing regarding his sanity.
We reverse the order granting the writ. Although…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Jerry Roth v. John L. Zelker, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Williams v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1969
- United States of America Ex Rel. William Lee Evans v. J. Edwin Lavallee, Warden, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
4Cited by8 opinions
- Melchor-Gloria v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Kansas · 2006
- Lucas v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1980
- Baal v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1990
- Bishop v. Warden, Nevada State PrisonNevada Supreme Court · 1978
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