Whitman v. Warden

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

Edward Whitman, appellant, pleaded guilty to the charges of attempted burglary and battery with intent to commit rape. On denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, Whitman seeks reversal contending that the district court erred in denying his petition without holding an evidentiary hearing to determine whether his guilty plea was involuntarily entered and contending that his plea had been involuntarily entered because he was threatened with an habitual criminal charge.

This court held in Fine v. Warden, 90 Nev. 166, 521 P.2d 374 (1974), that there is a…