Mariscal-Ochoa (manuel) v. State

Summary

The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed Mariscal-Ochoa’s convictions for sexual assault and lewdness involving a child. It held that the district court acted within its discretion by curing a prospective juror’s vague and equivocal comments rather than dismissing the venire, and it rejected the challenges to the convictions, prosecutorial argument, and mandatory sentence. The court also declined to consider ineffective-assistance claims on direct appeal and found no cumulative error.