Rippo v. State

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

*1090This matter is before us on remand from the United States Supreme Court. Our prior opinion in this case, Rippo v. State (Rippo III), 132 Nev. 95, 368 P.3d 729 (2016), affirmed a district court order denying appellant Michael Damon Rippo's second postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which challenged his conviction for two first-degree murders and related felony offenses and his death sentences. The petition was both untimely and successive. Our opinion focused primarily on Rippo's argument that he had shown good cause and prejudice to excuse the…