Howard v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Collins, J.:

Appellant was found guilty of the crime of attempted robbery, a felony. In an amended information the state alleged appellant to have been previously convicted of three felonies and requested the court to punish him as an habitual criminal as authorized in NRS 207.010 1 at the habitual criminal hearing the appellant contended that he was constitutionally entitled to have a jury trial. The court ruled against , him, heard the evidence, found him to have been previously convicted of three felonies and sentenced him to life imprisonment. From that ruling and…