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JOSEPH WAYNE JONES v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2024)

Supreme Court of Nevada.2024-03-21No. No. 88217

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Opinion

ORDER DENYING MANDAMUS PETITION

This is an original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus in which petitioner is seeking a new sentencing hearing. Petitioner was convicted, pursuant to a guilty plea, of first-offense burglary and obtaining and using the personal identification information of another. After the revocation of petitioners probation, the district court imposed the underlying aggregate prison term of 8-20 years.

Having considered the petition and documents submitted by petitioner, we are not convinced that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing that such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). As petitioner has failed to demonstrate that our intervention by extraordinary writ is warranted, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction in this matter. See NRAP 21(b). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Cadish, C.J.

Stiglich, J.

Herndon, J.