Douglas v. State

OPINION

In this appeal it appears that the trial court accepted a guilty plea from Douglas which was in violation of NRS 174.035(1).1 As a result we modify the sentence as we did in Taylor v. Warden, 96 Nev. 272, 607 P.2d 587 (1980).

On October 28, 1981, the district court sentenced Douglas to six years in the Nevada State Prison for conspiracy to sell a controlled substance, Count I, and life imprisonment for giving away a controlled substance, Count IX. The life sentence was suspended and Douglas was put on probation for five years. Following his imprisonment, Douglas filed a motion to…