Chipeta (Pachalo) v. State ( 2014 )

 34.810(2). Appellant's petition was procedurally barred absent a
demonstration of good cause and actual prejudice. See NRS 34.726(1);
NRS 34.810(1)(b); NRS 34.810(3).
In an attempt to demonstrate good cause to overcome the
procedural bars, appellant claimed that he received ineffective assistance
of counsel because counsel failed to inform him regarding the statute of
limitations for murder, and that because there is no statute of limitations
for murder, he still has "rights to legal recourse." Appellant failed to
demonstrate good cause because he failed to demonstrate that an
impediment external to the defense prevented him from raising his claims
in a timely petition. Hathaway v. State, 119 Nev. 248, 502, 71 P.3d 503,
506 (2003).
Appellant's argument regarding the statute of limitations
providing unlimited chances to challenge his conviction was meritless.
The procedural bars are mandatory, State v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court
(Riker), 121 Nev. 225, 231, 112 P.3d 1070, 1074 (2005), and apply
regardless of the nature of conviction or statute of limitations for the crime
convicted of. Therefore, counsel had no duty to inform appellant regarding
the statute of limitations. Accordingly, the district court did not err in
denying this petition as procedurally barred, and we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
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