Styles (Dshante) v. State

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

DSHANTE FRANSUAVE STYLES, No. 71477 Appellant, vs.

THE STATE OF NEVADA,

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ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

This is a pro se appeal from an order of the district court denying appellant Dshante Styles' May 31, 2016, postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. First Judicial District Court, Carson City; James E. Wilson, Judge. Styles challenged the computation of time he has served. We affirm. 1

Styles claimed that the Nevada Department of Corrections is not deducting statutory credits from his minimum sentences pursuant to NRS 209.4465(7)(b). Styles' claim lacks merit. NRS 209.4465(7) begins, "Except as otherwise provided in subsection [ ] 8," and NRS 209.4465(8) specifically excludes offenders convicted of category B felonies from deducting statutory credits from their minimum sentences. Styles' sentences are for category B felonies, see NRS 200.380(2), that were

'This appeal has been submitted for decision on the record without briefing or oral argument. NRAP 34(0(3), (g); see also NRAP 31(d)(1); Luckett v. Warden, 91 Nev. 681, 682,541 P.2d 910, 911 (1975).

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ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

J. Pickering cc: Hon. James E. Wilson, District Judge

Dshante Fransuave Styles

Attorney General/Carson City

Carson City Clerk

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