Nall v. Warden

*490OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

This appeal is from an order of the district court denying relief under the post-conviction remedy act. Nall was convicted of felony extortion under NRS 205.320 and sentenced to five years imprisonment. That conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to this court. Nall v. State, 85 Nev. 1, 448 P.2d 826 (1969). His petition for post-conviction relief rests mainly upon our decision in Lapinski v. State, 84 Nev. 611, 446 P.2d 645 (1968). That case declared void the penalty provision of NRS 205.272 as amended, 67 Stats. 500, ch. 211, on the premise that the penalty…