Gamache (Cameron) v. State ( 2013 )


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  •                           examination reports were prepared in this case, there is nothing in the
    record indicating that SANE examinations were performed on the victims
    and the victims testified at the preliminary hearing that they were never
    examined by a doctor. But even if such reports exist, we disagree with
    appellant's contention that they were exculpatory.    See State v. Huebler,
    
    128 Nev. 275
     P.3d 91, 98 (2012) (concluding that a defendant may
    challenge the validity of a guilty plea on the ground that the prosecutor
    failed to disclose exculpatory information before entry of the plea), cert.
    denied, 568 U.S. , 
    133 S. Ct. 988
     (2013). Appellant argues the reports
    "may have contradicted the notion that actual intercourse had taken place
    between [him] and the two child victims" and that "a lack of findings
    and/or an intact hymen would have been exculpatory." As he pleaded
    guilty to attempted sexual assault and lewdness,            see NRS 193.330
    (defining attempt); NRS 200.366(1) (defining sexual assault); NRS 201.230
    (defining lewdness with a child under 14 years of age), the findings he
    proposes would not necessarily have exculpated him of the offenses.
    Further, we are not convinced that appellant's purported inability to
    contact his family is a substantial reason justifying withdrawal of his
    guilty plea. Accordingly, we
    ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
    /                         , J.
    Hardesty
    Parraguirre                               Cherry
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    cc: Hon. Kathleen E. Delaney, District Judge
    Law Office of Betsy Allen
    Attorney General/Carson City
    Clark County District Attorney
    Eighth District Court Clerk
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Document Info

Docket Number: 62487

Filed Date: 10/17/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014