IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

ANTHONY GRECO, No. 71331 Petitioner, vs. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

FILE NOV 1 7 2016 ORDER DENYING PETITION DEPUTY CLE

This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a judgment of conviction.' Without deciding upon the• merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170. A challenge to the validity of the judgment of conviction must be raised in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance. NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1). 2 Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

C.J.

Parraguirre

stAin Hardesty Pickering

'The motion for appointment of counsel is denied.

'We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS chapter 34.

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