Sierra v. State

OPINION

Pursuant to a plea bargain, appellant pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault, NRS 200.366, and one count of lewdness with a child under the age of fourteen years, NRS 201.230. Appellant now appeals from the conviction, challenging the validity of the plea on the ground that he did not understand the actual consequences of his plea in terms of the possible range of punishments.' We agree.

At his plea hearing, appellant was advised that the possible sentence he could receive for each of the three sexual assault *616counts was “ten to life,” with each sentence to run consecutively or…