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Andre Jermaine RUTLAND, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.
Andre Jermaine Rutland, Appellant, v. The State of Nevada, Respondent.
Andre Jermaine Rutland, Appellant, v. The State of Nevada, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEALS
These are pro se appeals from purported decisions of the district court denying postconviction petitions for writs of habeas corpus. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Susan Johnson, Judge.
This court's review of these appeals reveals jurisdictional defects. The documents filed in this court do not indicate that postconviction petitions for writs of habeas corpus have been filed in district court in case numbers C323469, C323470, and C324315. To the extent that appellant appeals from the judgments of conviction, the notices of appeal were untimely filed. “[A]n untimely notice of appeal fails to vest jurisdiction in this court.” Lozada v. State, 110 Nev. 349, 352, 871 P.2d 944, 946 (1994). Accordingly, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to consider these appeals, and we
ORDER these appeals DISMISSED.
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Docket No: No. 74920, No. 74921, No. 74922
Decided: March 07, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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