Krewson v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

Michael J. Krewson pled guilty to murder in the first degree in the Eighth Judicial District Court, and judgment of conviction was thereafter entered against him on March 5, 1979. Krewson did not file a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction. On February 12, 1980, Krewson filed a “petition for writ of habeas corpus for post-conviction relief” in the First Judicial District Court challenging the voluntariness of his guilty plea. The district court denied the petition without considering its merits, finding that as a petition for writ of habeas corpus the petition requested relief…