Luckett v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

On January 8, 1974, a jury found Frank Luckett guilty of grand larceny, a felony. Thereafter, on February 8, 1974, he was sentenced to a six-year term in the Nevada State Prison. His belated in pro per appeal from the judgment of conviction was dismissed — for want of jurisdiction — on April 19, 1974, by an unpublished order in case No. 7688.

Some six (6) months later, in October 1974, Luckett, seeking to obtain his release from confinement, petitioned for habeas corpus (post-conviction) relief in the First Judicial District, Carson City. An order denying the requested relief was…