DuBose v. State

OPINION

Appellant was convicted pursuant to a guilty plea of one count of battery with the use of a deadly weapon. He now contends that the plea was infirm on the ground that it was made without an affirmative showing that he understood the nature of the offense to which he was pleading guilty, as is required by Hanley v. State, 97 Nev. 130, 624 P.2d 1387 (1981). We agree.

In Hanley v. State, supra, we held that a guilty plea record *340must affirmatively show “either. . . that the defendant himself (not just his attorney) understood the elements of the offense to which the plea was entered or .. .…