STEPHEN JOHN MICHAEL CHRISTIE v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2023)

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Stephen John Michael Christie appeals from an order of the district court dismissing a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on June 12, 2019. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Kathleen A. Sigurdson, Judge.

Christie argues that the trial court erred by finding him guilty of robbery, allowing a juror to remain on the panel after falling asleep twice, admitting evidence without first giving a Tavares ¹ instruction, and presiding over his trial and sentence after exhibiting bias. He also argues that counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the above errors. Christie raises these claims for the first time on appeal. Because Christie did not raise these claims in his petition below, we decline to consider them for the first time on appeal. See McNelton v. State, 115 Nev. 396, 415-16, 990 P.2d 1263, 1275-76 (1999). Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

Gibbons, C.J.

Bulla, J.

Westbrook, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   See Tavares v. State, 117 Nev. 725, 731-33, 30 P.3d 1128, 1132-33 (2001), holding modified by Mclellan v. State, 124 Nev. 263, 270, 182 P.3d 106, 111 (2008).