Aswegan v. State

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief. Pursuant to a plea bargain, appellant pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault. Appellant argues that his guilty plea was not entered voluntarily and intelligently because he was not informed, on the record, that probation is not available to one convicted of sexual assault. Our review of the record supports this contention. Accordingly, we reverse.

In Meyer v. State, 95 Nev. 885, 603 P.2d 1066 (1979), a case factually indistinguishable from the instant case, we held…