MATHEW LEE WILLIAMS v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2023)

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Mathew Lee Williams appeals from an order of the district court denying a motion to correct an illegal sentence filed on June 7, 2022.¹ Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Egan K. Walker, Judge.

In his motion, Williams alleged that his conviction must be vacated because the Nevada Revised Statutes are void. He claimed the statutes lack an enacting clause and were otherwise unconstitutionally enacted. Williams’ claims fell outside the narrow scope of claims permissible in a motion to correct an illegal sentence. See Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 708, 918 P.2d 321, 324 (1996). To the extent Williams contended the above claims rendered the district court without jurisdiction, Williams’ claims did not implicate the jurisdiction of the courts. See Nev. Const. art. 6, § 6; NRS 171.010; Landreth v. Malik, 127 Nev. 175, 183, 251 P.3d 163, 168 (2011) (stating “[s]ubject matter jurisdiction is the court's authority to render a judgment in a particular category of case’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)). Therefore, without considering the merits of any of the claims raised in the motion, we conclude the district court did not err by denying the motion. Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

Gibbons, C.J.

Bulla, J.

Westbrook, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   The motion was titled “motion to vacate illegal conviction,” and the district court construed the motion as a motion to correct an illegal sentence.