Bates (Heather) v. State

Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668, 687-88, 694

(1984); Kirksey v. State, 112 Nev. 980, 987,

923 P.2d 1102, 1107

(1996). We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by not conducting an evidentiary hearing, see NRS 34.770(2); Nika v. State, 124 Nev. 1272, 1300-01,

198 P.3d 839, 858

(2008) (holding that a petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing only when specific factual allegations are asserted "that are not belied or repelled by the record and that, if true, would entitle him to relief"), and did not err by rejecting Bates' ineffective- assistance claims. Bates…