TRUJILLO v. STATE

No. 58937.

310 P.3d 594 (2013)

Walter TRUJILLO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schwarz , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

BEFORE GIBBONS, DOUGLAS and SAITTA, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, DOUGLAS, J.:

Appellant Walter Trujillo was convicted of a felony in 1996 and was honorably discharged from probation the following year. More than a decade later, he filed a petition for a writ of coram nobis in district court seeking relief from the judgment of conviction because he was not informed by his trial counsel of the immigration consequences of his plea. At issue is whether the common-law writ of coram nobis...

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