Ibsen v. Warden

*541OPINION

By the Court,

Collins, C. J.:

On December 15, 1965, appellant was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Delbert Howard and was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. In an appeal from that conviction, this court set it aside and ordered a new trial because the justice of the peace failed to secure appointment of counsel for him following a timely request. Ibsen v. State, 83 Nev. 42, 422 P.2d 543 (1967).

Following that reversal, appellant was recharged with the same crime, returned to Humboldt County where he there pleaded guilty to second degree murder…