Barton v. State

*687OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, J.:

In 1995, Ross Eric Barton was convicted of second-degree murder pursuant to a jury verdict and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1996, this court dismissed his direct appeal.1 Barton then filed a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging: (1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to request a jury instruction on the lesser charge of reckless driving causing substantial bodily harm; and (2) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel for failing to argue effectively that NRS 200.070, which defines “involuntary manslaughter,”…