Taylor v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

Allen Lyn Taylor, under sentence of life imprisonment, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant contends that he must be permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty because, in the original proceedings, he had been informed by the district judge that the maximum term of incarceration that could be imposed as a result of his plea would be sixty-six years. The record reflects that at the hearing there was a greát deal of confusion as to whether sixty-six years or life was the maximum possible penalty. Although the prosecutor and defense…