DocketNumber: 61206
Filed Date: 4/10/2013
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 10/31/2014
different from those raised in his previous petition. 2 See NRS 34.810(1)(b)(2); NRS 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). Appellant claimed that failure to raise certain claims in his previous petition was caused by ineffective assistance of his trial and appellate counsel. Appellant's claim lacks merit as a procedurally barred claim of ineffective assistance of counsel cannot constitute cause for additional claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. See Hathaway v. State,119 Nev. 248
, 252,71 P.3d 503
, 506 (2003). Moreover, appellant failed to explain why he could not have raised his current claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel in his first petition. See id. at 253,71 P.3d at 506
. Next, appellant claimed that failure to consider his claims on the merits would be a fundamental miscarriage of justice. In order to demonstrate a fundamental miscarriage of justice, a petitioner must make a colorable showing of actual innocence—factual innocence, not legal innocence. Pellegrini v. State,117 Nev. 860
, 887,34 P.3d 519
, 537 (2001); Calderon v. Thompson,523 U.S. 538
, 559 (1998). Appellant did not demonstrate actual innocence because he failed to show that "it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have convicted him in light of. . . new evidence." Calderon,523 U.S. at 559
(quoting Schlup v. Delo, 2 Martin v. State, Docket No. 58437 (Order of Affirmance, October 5, 2011). SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 2 (0) 1947A513 U.S. 298
, 327 (1995)); see also Pellegrini,117 Nev. at 887
,34 P.3d at 537
; Mazzan v. Warden,112 Nev. 838
, 842,921 P.2d 920
, 922 (1996). We therefore conclude that the district court did not err in denying appellant's petition as procedurally barred. Accordingly, we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED. J. Hardesty Parraguirre J. Cherry cc: Hon. Michelle Leavitt, District Judge Donald Dee Martin Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 3 (0) 1947A ,tilfv4Att