Giles (Stephen) v. State ( 2014 )


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  •                 months' incarceration, to run concurrently with the sentence he was
    serving in an unrelated case. We conclude that the district court properly
    ensured that Giles' designation as a Juggalo was not based upon
    impalpable or highly suspect evidence and did not err by declining to
    strike the designation from the PSI. See Gomez v. State, 130 Nev. ,
    
    324 P.3d 1226
    , 1228-29 (2014). 1
    Second, Giles asserts that the district court violated his right
    to due process by declining to give him a "meaningful opportunity" to
    challenge the designation of the Juggalos as a criminal gang in his PSI.
    We decline to consider this claim because Giles does not assert that the
    court considered the Juggalos' alleged status as a gang when imposing
    sentence and merely asserts that the designation might cause him
    negative consequences in the future.       See 
    id.
     at , 324 P.3d at 1229; see
    generally United States v. Valentine, 
    783 F.2d 1413
    , 1417 (9th Cir. 1986)
    (generic and speculative claims of potential injuries are insufficient to
    establish a violation of due process). Accord United States v. Marion, 
    404 U.S. 307
    , 325-26 (1971). Accordingly, we
    ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
    J.
    Hardesty
    Douglas
    'To the extent that Giles asks this court to modify Gomez, we decline
    to do so.
    SUPREME COURT
    OF
    NEVADA
    2
    (0) 1947A
    cc: Hon. Valerie Adair, District Judge
    Clark County Public Defender
    Attorney General/Carson City
    Clark County District Attorney
    Eighth District Court Clerk
    3
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 65091

Filed Date: 11/12/2014

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/18/2021