Mazzan v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

Appellant John F. Mazzan filed a petition for post-conviction habeas relief with the district court. The district court dismissed the habeas petition, concluding that Mazzan had failed to show *840cause for not presenting his grounds for habeas relief in earlier proceedings. We affirm the dismissal.

FACTS

Mazzan was convicted of murder in 1979 in the Second Judicial District Court and sentenced to death. The facts relating to the crime are set forth in Mazzan v. State, 100 Nev. 74, 675 P.2d 409 (1984) (Mazzan I) and need not be repeated here. In 1984, this court affirmed Mazzan’s conviction…