Casteel (Scott) Vs. State
Casteel (Scott) Vs. State
Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
SCOTT RODNEY CASTEEL, No. 79768 Appellant, VS. THE STATE OF NEVADA, FILED Respondent. DEC 0 9 2019 ELIZABETH A BROWN CLERK OF SUr'REME COURT ,, _ ay - DEPUTY CLERK ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is an appeal from a district court order denying a motion to correct a presentence investigation report. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Scott N. Freeman, Judge. When initial review of the notice of appeal revealed a potential jurisdictional defect, this court ordered appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Specifically, no statute or court rule provides for an appeal from an order denying a post- judgment motion to correct a presentence investigation report. See Castillo v. State, 106 Nev. 349, 352, 792 P.2d 1133, 1135 (1990) ([T]lle right to appeal is statutory; where no statutory authority to appeal is granted, no right to appeal exists."). In response, appellant contends that while the motion he filed in the district court was titled a motion to correct the presentence investigation report, the motion was brought under NRS 176.565.1 Thus,
1NRS 176.565 states "Clerical mistakes in judgment, orders or other parts of the record and errors in the record arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time and after such notice, if any, as the court orders."
Iq - 9 41 805 ; the issue before this court should be whether an order denying a motion for relief under NRS 176.565 is appealable. No statute or court rule specifically provides for an appeal from an order denying a motion for relief under NRS 176.565. Appellant concedes that he is unaware of any case law from this court allowing an appeal from such an order. He asserts that an order denying relief under NRS 176.565 should be appealable as a final judgment and/or like an order denying relief under NRS 176.555.2 Appellant fails to demonstrate that a post-judgment order denying a motion to correct a clerical error is appealable on either of these bases. And this court declines appellant's invitation to disapprove of language in Stockmeier v. State Bd. Of Parole Commirs, 127 Nev. 243, 250-51, 255 P.3d 209, 213-14 (2011) at this time. As appellant does not demonstrate that this court has jurisdiction over this appeal, this court ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.
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cc: Hon. Scott N. Freeman, District Judge Richard F. Cornell Attorney General/Carson City Washoe County District Attorney Washoe District Court Clerk
2NRS 176.555 governs the correction of an illegal sentence. SUPREME Com OF NEVADA
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