BROWN v. STATE (2022)

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Brown sought the retroactive application of changes to statutes prohibiting possession and/or trafficking of a controlled substance. Brown's claim neither challenged the validity of his guilty plea nor alleged his plea was entered without the effective assistance of counsel. Brown's claim was outside the scope of claims permissible in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus arising from a guilty plea. NRS 34.810(1)(a); Gonzales v. State, 137 Nev., Adv. Op. 40, 492 P.3d 556, 562 (2021). Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.¹

FOOTNOTES

1.   The district court erred by addressing Brown's claim on the merits. We nevertheless affirm because the district court reached the correct resolution. See Wyatt v. State, 86 Nev. 294, 298, 468 P.2d 338, 341 (1970).